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to avoid unintentionally being a drug mule, for starters

...and it gets worse from there! Carrying unknown packages from strangers is an unspeakably bad idea. That was the cause of the Lockerbie disaster. That is what is warned against incessantly in airports. Professionals did not spot the Lockerbie bomb, but "Carry" thinks amateurs are going to be able to identify illegal and dangerous packages???

As someone who flies, I hope this fails fast and fails hard. I do NOT want to fly with anybody that is carrying some stranger's packages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103#Investigation




I'm going to have to agree - and this is coming from someone who is in favor of Airbnb and Uber. There is a line beyond which a bold idea becomes a bad idea, and I think this one steps over that line.




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