wade tillett on Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:37:01 +0100 (CET) |
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[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> All right, I admit it -- I went to Davos |
Alright, I admit I was there too... at the Davos in NYC. But my new compaq never got issued to me. The word on the street was that they were not free, but that they cost $25,000. What gives? In fact, now that you mention it, I never got a radio-frequency ID tag either, and no one ever even questioned me about it. But I did get an undercover policeman to follow me around as I went about on the streets and subway (for my own protection, I am sure). Did you? In fact, as I walked up towards the hotel, the police lined up for me, shoulder to shoulder for seemingly miles. What a red carpet entrance! But just as I was getting closer to the hotel, the police all stepped in front of me and all around me and put these metal barricades around and stood around with video cameras and nightsticks and pepper spray and told me to go home. Damnedest thing. Now that you mention the radio-frequency ID tag I wonder if maybe that is why they didn't let me in. (I thought they just didn't like what I was saying.) I didn't even bother bringing my swiss army knife. I was a little scared if those paranoid police found it. Instead, I stuck with the goggles and a bandana soaked in vinegar (so I could look good if I got to meet Bono). When the police still would not let me through, I pleaded and implored the police that there must be some mistake, that this is a democracy. Surely the good folks at the wef, that bastion of democracy, wanted to hear my voice, but the police would have none of it and finally forced me to leave... without my free compaq mind you!!! _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold