[Blue Jays]

Hi sharkhawk-

So what happens when a businessperson attending an event is told they'll have to surrender their expensive Montblanc Meisterstuck fountainpen because it could be used as a dagger?

I know of an instance where a coworker wasn't permitted entry to an Eric Clapton/Cream concert at Madison Square Garden because his laptop computer AC adapter could be "swung" as a weapon. Nevermind that he was still dressed in a nice suit, with clients, had I.D., and it was a work computer with his name and employee# affixed to it!

Please don't become a bootlicker in the name of safety. The various rules that can be applied at a whim by public and private locations will make normal life increasingly difficult for reasonable people.

~ Blue Jays ~

[sharkhawk]

It is a private event, they set the rules, you don't like it nobody forces you to go. Most concert venues won't allow umbrellas. Should people be allowed to bring them in? even if they ruin the view for everyone else. Should artists be required to allow people to videotape their concerts?

This has been going on forever at concerts, it isn't a freedom issue, anyone who doesn't want to go to the event isn't frisked, but the owner or lessee has the right (or should) to refuse entry to anyone they wish.

[antiunion person]

Eric Clapton/Cream concert at Madison Square Garden

Who the hell would want to go see an Eric Clapton/Cream anyways??

[Figment]

"So what happens when a businessperson attending an event is told they'll have to surrender their expensive Montblanc Meisterstuck fountainpen because it could be used as a dagger?"


He can take it back to the car

[Political Junkie Too]

I know of an instance where a coworker wasn't permitted entry to an Eric Clapton/Cream concert at Madison Square Garden because his laptop computer AC adapter could be "swung" as a weapon.

I remember going to the 1994 World Cup games at Stanford Stadium. They were not letting people take in water bottles with the tops on (you can remove the twist cap) because someone might use it as a club. However, there was this 7 foot tall Swedish guy that we saw at every game who had a huge cowbell on a rope that he slung across his back. The security people let him in with his cowbell while taking the twist tops off of others' water bottles. When asked about the cowbell, their answer was "It's okay because it's 'cultural'".

-PJ