(Brien K. Meehan) wrote in
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Judah wrote in message
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Actually, I think I like that article A LOT...

BALPA 1 TSA 0

Gotta love it.
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Hahahah!

Wow, that's quite a lot of joy about a potentially deadly situation.
It reminds me of footage of people dancing in the streets a while
back...

I don't understand your comparison.

First, no one died. Instead, a man was able to carry ammunition through a
TSA controlled security gate at DULLES (not some midwestern jetport, but
the airport at our Nation's Capitol!) When he arrived at Heathrow (not
generally known for it's security, and not having the "benefit" of being
controlled by the TSA) the ammunition was found and he was arrested.

So while the US walks around jumping up and down cancelling flights
because of misinformation and X-Raying the shoes of children and old
ladies, the TRUTH is that the TSA is ineffective, and the majority of the
security process at airports is a farce.

So why do I find this amusing? Well, first of all, because many of us
knew this a long time ago. The reason that another jetliner has not been
crashed into another national monument has very little to do with the
fact that I show my driver's license to the gate agent when I get on the
plane, or any of the other security bull**** that goes on now.

It is also pleasing because some of us still have a glimmer of a hope
that this country will wake up and stop abdicating civil rights in the
name of protection from "potentially deadly situations."

True, every flight is a potential deadly situation. So is every car ride,
and so is every time you cross the street. Many people die in their
sleep, so it would seem that sleeping represents a potential deadly
situation. How far does it go?

Life is a risk. There is no such thing as security. The only thing that
you can guarantee in life is death. You can choose how to live your life
- cowering in fear from every possible threat, or enjoying it like every
day is your last. I prefer something in between. But I also prefer to be
allowed to make that choice. When the government imposes upon the
people's civil rights in the name of "protecting us from potentially
deadly situations," it is disturbing to me.

It should be disturbing to you too.

But the bottom line is this: my joy comes because an innocent American
man who did not hurt anyone nor had any intention to hurt anyone was free
to get on an airplane and fly to London without being harassed or
arrested. It saddens me that our European neighbors did not allow him to
excercise those same American freedoms in their country.


So, are you advocating airport security breaches, or just a fan?

So, do you think that terrorists could never figure out a way around the
TSA, or that TSA workers will never make a mistake, or are you just
gullible or delusional?