Friday, May 27, 2005

Schapelle Corby, the Knowledge, & the Fear of Travel

Came across this little page of tips and thought it appropriate for today.

I don't know if she's innocent or not. All I know is that in an Australian court, her case would have raised enough reasonable doubt that she might even have been acquitted. But she's not in an Australian court, and the verdict has just confirmed yet another of everybody's worst nightmares about travelling overseas. Corrupt baggage handlers, thanks a fat lot.

Maybe this is the way to travel. Then, you only have to worry about metal fatigue, underpaid mechanics and flight crew, sleep-depped air-traffic controllers, stray vehicles on the runway, suicidal hijackers, surface-to-air missiles...

Today's Word/s of the Day :


Xenodikephobia - the fear of foreign justice.

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