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Example: 3 yr old girl
Random pat downs of non-Muslims and their children.
Example: 3 yr old girl
What probability are is small enough for you to ignore? 1%? I am just wondering because there have been many americans defecting to Al Q, et. al. some of which are even white (not many, but some). Parents can make their kids do whatever they want. So I ask again, what is the probability that you are comfortable ignoring? This is actually an honest question because, having 2 girls, I am trying to figure this out myself.
I highly doubt TheSanityAnnex had anything to do with this.
"probability of dying in a ..."
These kinds of probability vs preventative studies are very old, and always amusing, shows how irrational people are.
What's not amusing is how right-wing war-mongering demagogues abuse the probabilities to justify fleecing Americans and enriching the MIC.
eg, American medical care errors (and rationed medical care) kill many more Americans, like 100k to 150K EVERY YEAR, than AQ will in OBL wildest fantasies.
These fricking employor-of-last-resort TSA nutjobs and their cancer-inducing xray machines are gonna solve which threat which has killed or injured how many Americans since 9/11? ABSOLUTELY ZERO. 100s of $Ms spent on these machines, their maintenance, their replacement. And judging from the number of people killed or injured by badly regulated xray machines in medical centers, you know these TSA scanners, sooner or later, will be overdosing, too.
AQ has beat America like a drum, into pure idiocy.
Last edited by boutons_deux; 11-15-2010 at 11:11 AM.
WTF is that?
I posted an article a while back about this. The sole purpose is to intimidate passengers so they don't resist walking through the new, mint-condition, multi-million dollar full body scanners.
The TSA is getting sued about the use of said scanners, BTW.
When I first heard about these machines, I thought they were only going to be used on highly su ious passengers -- not random samples.
They're supposed to be used on everybody, including young children and pregnant women.
The youtube le says "accosted?"
1) The little girl, and I mean nothing offensive by this, appears to have some kind of mental/learning disorder OR this is her first time going through airport security. Either way, the parents had the chance to figure out a way to help the TSA people do their job.
2) Complaining about "normal" people getting searched just shows how stupid Americans are about their security. We allowed this to happen, don't blame the people that are dressed funny.
3) I hate the TSA, can't believe how some people are hired by them, but if people are only raising a stink about the TSA and policies now that they are getting patted down...well, you deserve the frustration.
This is a classic case of "closing the barn door after the horse got out".
I seriously doubt that the next major terrorist incident is airplane related. There are just too many other easy and unguarded ways to kill massive amounts of people if one was so inclined.
There are a lot of good arguments about the TSA and their search procedures, and progress is being made towards defeating some of those procedures. So you'd probably help best by keeping your prejudice out of the argument, k thanks. It sort of undermines the argument for the rest of us.
I think we should adopt the policies of El Al. They haven't had a hijacking in quite some time. Whatever they're doing works.
It's for everybody. How do you classify 'highly su ious' other than by preconceived bias OR actually having a dossier on everybody?
So, which do the Israelis use? Preconceived biases or dossiers, or both?
Do we live in Isreal?
No, but whatever they're doing there works.
I'm not sure. Do your own research?
While you're at it, see if Israelis have the same rights that Americans do. You wouldn't want to be comparing apples to oranges.
I'm pretty satisfied with saying I think we should employ whatever tactics are used by the Israelis at their airports.
How 'bout we just compare their treatment of airline passengers? After all, I'm not comparing "apples to oranges;" I'm comparing apples to apples. Not everyone who uses American airports are citizens just like not everyone who uses Israeli airports are Israeli citizens.
But, I do know their method for screening passenger is a bit less intrusive, more deliberate, and more respectful than the one we've adopted here. And, they've not experienced a case of violence on any of their airliners in decades.
All without groping Nuns, teenager, or grandmas in wheelchairs.[/QUOTE]
DarrinS is going to start watching little girls like a hawk.
Blog calls for men to wear kilts, sans underpants, to protest TSA screenings
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/b...sa-screenings/
You raise a good point. The pervs at the TSA are going to be having a field day.
LMAO @ the kilts suggestion.
The 9/11 hijackers were able to use those planes as weapons because they got box cutters on board their planes and the pit was compromised.
Beyond an airplane's potential as a weapon of its own I don't really understand why we're so much more concerned about protecting planes from terrorist attack than we are about protecting shopping malls, schools, sporting events, and any other place where far more people are gathered together and where a bomb could do significantly more damage.
I don't really have a problem running my carry-ons through an x-ray, but everything above metal detectors and a secure pit is just theater, IMO.
Agreed. as an example, it would be simple for a terrorist to drop the roof of the Alamodome during the Alamobowl and kill thousands of people. A little C4 on the cables and a remote detonator and BAM!
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