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ANOTHER old lady strip searched
"DevilsPGD" What exactly is so special about air travel that requires any more security than a bus? Actually, in the last couple of years I have used buses where there WERE security checks. I guess the increases in cartel activity prompted this. |
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On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:32:08 -0500, Fly Guy wrote:
Irwell used improper usenet message composition style by unnecessarily full-quoting: What a brilliant flash of insight there einstein. Fly Guy did not capitalise Einstein. |
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claiming to be "hls" typed: "DevilsPGD" What exactly is so special about air travel that requires any more security than a bus? Actually, in the last couple of years I have used buses where there WERE security checks. I guess the increases in cartel activity prompted this. Sure, and what sort of security checks were there? $56 billion dollars worth, or a patdown? -- It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. |
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irwell wishes to search the old lady.
"Irwell" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:32:08 -0500, Fly Guy wrote: Irwell used improper usenet message composition style by unnecessarily full-quoting: What a brilliant flash of insight there einstein. Fly Guy did not capitalise Einstein. |
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"DevilsPGD" wrote in message Sure, and what sort of security checks were there? $56 billion dollars worth, or a patdown? Adequate, I guess. TSA announced tonight that during the last year, they detected and confiscated over 125,000 illegal articles, including but not limited to guns and knives. It's a start. |
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TSA announced tonight that during the last year, they detected and confiscated
over 125,000 illegal articles, including but not limited to guns and knives. Based on what I've seen at checkpoints, I'll wager that at least 124,000 of them were completely harmless bottles of water and soda. R's, John |
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In message someone
claiming to be "hls" typed: "DevilsPGD" wrote in message Sure, and what sort of security checks were there? $56 billion dollars worth, or a patdown? Adequate, I guess. TSA announced tonight that during the last year, they detected and confiscated over 125,000 illegal articles, including but not limited to guns and knives. That's $64,800/item. Think it's a good expenditure? It's a start. Oh, plus lets not forget the hundreds of additional traffic fatalities, each year, as people drive to avoid the TSA? http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes...port-security/ But yeah, it's... A start. -- It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. |
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hls wrote:
TSA announced tonight that during the last year, they detected and confiscated over 125,000 illegal articles, including but not limited to guns and knives. It's a start. How many people did they arrest? Because for every so-called illegal item confiscated, there must theoretically be a terrorist with a terrorist motive behind each article. If they didn't arrest anyone, then all the confiscations served no purpose - no reason. |
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"DevilsPGD" wrote in message That's $64,800/item. Think it's a good expenditure? What does a new 777 cost? Better still, what do you value your life? Are you worth $64,800? |
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In message someone
claiming to be "hls" typed: "DevilsPGD" wrote in message That's $64,800/item. Think it's a good expenditure? What does a new 777 cost? Better still, what do you value your life? Are you worth $64,800? We're not talking about $64,800/life, we're talking $64,800 per item of questionable danger. Since you brought it up, lets talk about saving lives shall well? Assuming an average of one 9/11 scale event per year, we're costing lives and not saving them with the TSA: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes...port-security/ (No, I'm not counting the people in the buildings or anywhere else since those would have been saved by securing the cockpit doors and allowing the planes to land safely immediately after the hijacking attempt starts) A better question is why we single out air travel for security while allowing these dangerous items in other venues? Why aren't we searching people for water bottles before allowing them into malls? -- It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. |
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