Mulling over George Pope to Steve Asher 07 Dec 2005

 SA> And be very careful when reaching for your wallet / ID, as police
 SA> have been known to shoot first & examine the wallet later.

 GP> As I already said to them, I don't HAVE my wallet, so my sudden
 GP> reach is probably well to be interpreted as dangerous! *G*

Unless they think you are bipolar & have forgotten to take your meds.
I guess the sky marshalls in Florida had little choice but to shoot
to kill, given that he claimed to have a bomb & was reaching into his
bag, or so it is reported.

 SA>  GP> (so you'll have access even though you might forget/lose your
 SA>  GP> wallet/ID)
 SA>
 SA> Until your access is revoked for some reason.

 GP> Have you read that scifi story about the guy who was sentenced to
 GP> have his ability to use the universal computer access system in
 GP> society revoked, so he was effectively a non-entity, and was much
 GP> shunned by everyone, as being lower than the lowest illiterate. . .

 GP> He had to resort to ruses to get children to key in his
 GP> login/approval sequences. . .

Not that I can recall; it sounds interesting, and plausible.

Cheers, Steve..

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