Foreshore sunscreen confiscation illegal?

peterepete said :

toriness said :

well done crimes on the up-to-the-minute reporting – the event security started doing this at least 2 years ago, the last time i went to foreshore. pretty sure it says it on the conditions of entry – no high heels or umbrellas were allowed back then either. it’s to stop the fluro kids taking in shedloads of drugs concealed in various objects etc. at stonefest this year i saw people made to empty and turn out all their pockets and open sunglass cases etc too.

So I guess they’d also confiscate prescription drugs on the basis that they might be used to conceal illicit ones. Its a logical but stupid extension. I just hope 1st aid have enough free sunscreen – but at least thats a good sign its not a profit motive.

pretty sure i’ve noticed at these events that go hardline on banning items that there is an exemption for those with a valid prescription (and that would make sense wouldn’t it), but in all honesty i’ve only read the conditions of entry out of boredom when standing in the queue to enter. the conditions of entry have never affected me personally so don’t bother me – including the ban on high heels 😉

there has always been free sunscream and water inside as well.

I was working in the US on 11-Sep-2001, and I’ve been back dozens of times since.

The TSA now employs thousands of dim-witted goons to perform poorly defined and meaningless processes at astronomical expense in the name of “security”. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater for a good description what it’s all about.

The only thing that surprises me is that it’s taken so long for such nonsense to reach us here. Before long we’ll all be taking our shoes and belts off, and getting groped in the groin by a large man in a uniform before we can shop at K-Mart. Some will enjoy this experience enormously, others not so much.

PrinceOfAles said :

peterepete said :

So I guess they’d also confiscate prescription drugs on the basis that they might be used to conceal illicit ones. Its a logical but stupid extension. I just hope 1st aid have enough free sunscreen – but at least thats a good sign its not a profit motive.

Yes they will confiscate prescription drugs too. A friends missus had her collapsed lung medication confiscated at Warehouse festival last year. Warehouse fest is run by the same mob.

Interesting. So they took perscription drugs off someone? I’d be interested to see the finer legal points argued if they got taken to court on that. I think they call it discriminating against a person based on their medical condition.

bloodnut said :

Hmmmm. That’s very topical.

🙂

PrinceOfAles said :

peterepete said :

So I guess they’d also confiscate prescription drugs on the basis that they might be used to conceal illicit ones. Its a logical but stupid extension. I just hope 1st aid have enough free sunscreen – but at least thats a good sign its not a profit motive.

Yes they will confiscate prescription drugs too. A friends missus had her collapsed lung medication confiscated at Warehouse festival last year. Warehouse fest is run by the same mob.

F*** me if I would let some lowlife copper wanna be security knob jockey take my medicine!
What about asthma stuff or diabetic medicine?

I’d bet my left nut that they let you keep that in fear of lawsuits if someone went tits up.

Hmmmm. That’s very topical.

Outrageous! Mandatory cavity searches will be next!

peterepete said :

So I guess they’d also confiscate prescription drugs on the basis that they might be used to conceal illicit ones. Its a logical but stupid extension. I just hope 1st aid have enough free sunscreen – but at least thats a good sign its not a profit motive.

Yes they will confiscate prescription drugs too. A friends missus had her collapsed lung medication confiscated at Warehouse festival last year. Warehouse fest is run by the same mob.

toriness said :

well done crimes on the up-to-the-minute reporting – the event security started doing this at least 2 years ago, the last time i went to foreshore. pretty sure it says it on the conditions of entry – no high heels or umbrellas were allowed back then either. it’s to stop the fluro kids taking in shedloads of drugs concealed in various objects etc. at stonefest this year i saw people made to empty and turn out all their pockets and open sunglass cases etc too.

So I guess they’d also confiscate prescription drugs on the basis that they might be used to conceal illicit ones. Its a logical but stupid extension. I just hope 1st aid have enough free sunscreen – but at least thats a good sign its not a profit motive.

toriness said :

well done crimes on the up-to-the-minute reporting – the event security started doing this at least 2 years ago, the last time i went to foreshore. pretty sure it says it on the conditions of entry – no high heels or umbrellas were allowed back then either. it’s to stop the fluro kids taking in shedloads of drugs concealed in various objects etc. at stonefest this year i saw people made to empty and turn out all their pockets and open sunglass cases etc too.

And did all of this so called security do anything to stop illegal substances getting in?? If so maybe they could act as consultants to AMC…

well done crimes on the up-to-the-minute reporting – the event security started doing this at least 2 years ago, the last time i went to foreshore. pretty sure it says it on the conditions of entry – no high heels or umbrellas were allowed back then either. it’s to stop the fluro kids taking in shedloads of drugs concealed in various objects etc. at stonefest this year i saw people made to empty and turn out all their pockets and open sunglass cases etc too.