jimboburgess
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The war on terror is over, and has been over for a long time. The terrorists won, what does a terrorist do? They cause terror, are we afraid? Yes we are, we are terrified enough to take the rights and liberties of our citizens away in order to feel safe.
I'm pretty sure people who lost family on September 11th would have loved to have this implemented before the attacks. I mean if people want the samething to happen again then keep bitching about the scanners. If you read you will find that most of the people who fly more than 3 times a year don't mind them. The majority of the people who don't like them are people who hardly ever fly. People will be people, no matter what position they hold, no one is perfect. Someone will get caught saving pictures or treating someone badly, but hey thats life. It just seems opting out is going to cause more of a headache than the occasional people who bitch about the scanners. Hell if I was flying tomorrow I'd go through the scanner and laugh at all the people wasting their time waiting to be patted down. I have nothing to hide.
And this is the part that really spins my head. Khalid sheikh Mohammed one of the principle planners for 9/11 and has orchestrated other attacks against the United States was tried in US civilian courts. Yet because we as American citizens choose to travel by air we are supposed to throw the Constitution out the door? What happens when a truck bomb is detonated in Time Square? Anyone driving anything big enough to hold 100 pounds of explosives has to be driven through an X-Ray machine before you where allowed on the interstate. How about a subway being hit? Everyone gets the ol turn and cough?
There are more effective measures we can implement other than taking naked pictures and such.
How would you respond if the police started pulling people over for simple traffic violations and being forced to submit to a pat down and vehicle inspection. For no other reason than your selected mode of transportation.
What happens when a truck bomb is detonated in Time Square? Anyone driving anything big enough to hold 100 pounds of explosives has to be driven through an X-Ray machine before you where allowed on the interstate.
I forget where I read it, but the ex homeland security secretary is part owner of the company that produces these scanners. Interesting?