G Money wrote: > They can pass a wand over me...that's about it. > > A wand does nothing really other than say... if you are someone like my mom who now is the proud owner of a titanium hip, they have to wand you and reconcile where the wand goes off with the little card with the x-ray picture of the new joint. Other than that it would not have worked with the terrorist who potentially could have blown up a plan on Christmas day. > > > > I'm sure they do work. Stripping everyone naked and scoping their > intenstinal tract with a camera would "work" too.... > Typical overreaction. > > > > Matter of opinion of course...i just don't see it as a valuable trade off. > Unnecessarily inconveniencing BILLIONS of innocent travelers beyond a > reasonable doubt....to offset an extremely small threat, a threat that can > be mostly neutralized through previous intelligence (compiling accurate and > up to date "dangerous flier" lists, etc). > How is it an inconvenience? You already have to walk through a metal detector, which have been in place for years. No one is bitching about those. So instead of a metal detector, you walk through an x-ray machine. Then you do not have to remove your belt and shoes. Just dump the contents out of your pocket as you already do, remove watches and such just as you already do. In other words, replace the metal detector with the x-ray machine and everything stays the way it is except you get to keep your shoes on. Try going to an airport that does not have a smoking section and have to remove combat boots two or three times while waiting for your flight. That is an inconvenience. And your idea of getting the intelligence communities is good, but obviously is NOT being done. Was not being done during the Bush years, and is obviously NOT being done during Obama's hopefully very short one term presidency. > I know i'm in the minority here, but I want some of my conveniences > back..and I'm perfectly willing to trade the illusion of security against > what is already a remote threat to begin with. > > What conveniences have been taken away other than having to remove your shoes and belt? If you are talking about the random "sir, please step aside for further scrutiny" part of this, then yes, I agree. Stop doing that. My step father and I were both pulled aside flying from Tennessee to California last year because we had one way tickets to California (we drove my mom and grandmas vehicles to Tn while my mom lived there temporarily for an assignment). Start profiling instead. I am all for that.
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