well, I am ok with screening for one-way tickets. I understand that rationale. The nuns on the no-fly list... less so.
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309861 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
