Ding Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner.mamabearCali wrote:We already have the solution. Harden the cockpit doors. Arm the pilots. Do intelligence work. Have mild screening of passengers that may or may not include a short interview and bomb sniffing dog.
Accept that life is not 100% safe
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respect the God given constitutional rights of American citizens.
Even IF these TSA procedures made us a little safer in the air - and I don't think that do (in fact, they may do the exact opposite) - but even IF that were true; I would rather myself and my family fly at a greater risk of dying than to have our constitutional rights trampled in the process.
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schufflerbot,
So you don't currently have a problem with the screening, because flying is a choice. Let me ask you, what if the next wave of terror attacks happen at shopping malls across the country? The public will scream that we need to be protected from this. So in come the nudie scanners and the strip searches at the malls - because remember, they are just trying to keep us all safe - its for our own good - going to the mall is a choice anyway.
Maybe public schools are next. Where does it stop? Then, once they are in place and the 4th amendment is so watered down as to be worthless and they figure out that the terrorist will simply move to implantable/insert-able devices anyway, what is next?
Maybe the government should be proactive. If we wait to catch someone with a device, its too late. Let's catch those carrying anti-government propaganda. Or you know it's always the religious nut jobs that attack other people anyway, lets catch those with a Koran or a Bible in their pocket.
Once you institute technology and policies that reveal anything a person might be carrying, the 4th amendment becomes a footnote. More than any other reason, this is why the TSA screenings matter.