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Originally posted by nixie_nox
Every airport does it differently. Or maybe it is the holidays, they are being more careful. You don't know the reasons. You are not privelaged to security information.
As for the woman, that is purely speculation. For all you know, they found her vibrator in her carryon.
Originally posted by Bedlam
Heh. I think I must have gotten an alien implant in the last month, every TSA scanner I went through showed something in my left shoulder. I got patted and wanded every time.
Originally posted by watchitburn
The TSA is so ridiculously inept, it's mind bottling. Let the airlines hire their own security.
Originally posted by FissionSurplus
Your post tells me that most Americans have no problem being felt up in airports now, if they don't want to be irradiated and have their nekkid picture looked at by weirdos. They have gotten you to accept that gross invasion of privacy and the "guilty until proven innocent" premise without so much as a whimper.
The sheep do not mind being fleeced one bit, as long as the fleecer is using the back of their hand. YIKES.
I have refused to fly since 2003 because of this nonsense. I don't give a crap how far I have to drive, I refuse to be either irradiated or felt up by some TSA flunkie.
If you think it's going to stop in airports, you have another thing coming. Get ready for random road checkpoint searches and having somebody's back of their hand caressing your nether regions, while mobile x-ray scanners circle your car checking for "contraband".
So glad you feel safe in this invasive, freedomless environment.
Originally posted by watchitburn
reply to post by works4dhs
No.
I mean mind bottling, like when your mind is trapped in a bottle.
ETA: No incidents?!
The "underwear bomber" the "shoe bomber"
They let that guy get TATP on an airplane!
I accidentally carried multitool on 4 flights caked with explosives, and I mean caked. I could have scraped together a charge big enough to blow out a window. Or if I had realized and been up to no good I could have taken out landing gear.edit on 28-12-2012 by watchitburn because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by watchitburn
I accidentally carried multitool on 4 flights caked with explosives, and I mean caked. I could have scraped together a charge big enough to blow out a window. Or if I had realized and been up to no good I could have taken out landing gear.
Originally posted by works4dhs
Originally posted by watchitburn
reply to post by works4dhs
No.
I mean mind bottling, like when your mind is trapped in a bottle.
ETA: No incidents?!
The "underwear bomber" the "shoe bomber"
They let that guy get TATP on an airplane!
I accidentally carried multitool on 4 flights caked with explosives, and I mean caked. I could have scraped together a charge big enough to blow out a window. Or if I had realized and been up to no good I could have taken out landing gear.edit on 28-12-2012 by watchitburn because: (no reason given)
no deaths, no explosions, no damage, no casualties. The measures implemented prevented the bad guys from succeeding, and the lessons learned have prevented additional attempts.
99% of our job is preventative. It is impossible to know how many incidents have been averted.
we have to balance the needs and desires of the public for safety, with their needs and desires for convenience. There is no perfect system but I submit what we're doing now is working.
at least that's how my bottled mind sees it