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[Eric]

I'll just leave this here....

>From Section 1703:

"*Whoever*, without authority, opens, or destroys any mail or package of
newspapers not directed to him, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both." (bolding mine)

Again, great that the cafe owners want to provide a service to thru-hikers.
But searching for drugs seems to intimate that all thru-hikers are druggies
and not to be trusted. That doesn't seem very hiker-friendly to me.

Regards,
Eric
www.primalpct.com

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Timothy Nye <timpnye at gmail.com> wrote:

> Neither of these regulations apply to the cafe and, in fact, by
> specifically
> designating those to whom they do apply, they exclude the regulation from
> being applicable to any others.  Please read these and examine the language
> for what and whom is actually covered.
>
>
> Section 1702 applies only to post offices, authorized depositories and
> letter carriers.
>
> No one is saying these packages are in the possession of the post office,
> an
> authroized depository or a letter carrier.
>
>
>
> Section 1703 applies only to postal service employees.
>
> No one is saying the owners of the cafe are postal service employees.
>
>
> These packages leave the control of the USPS when they are delivered to the
> cafe.  The regulations are not applicable.
>
> This is great.  Lets have someone on a crusade alienate the owners with a
> call.  Good job.
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