Originally Posted by
Trollkiller
Nothing wrong with those words, and there ain't nothing wrong with "ustacould", "fixinto", and "gitonouttahere".
You forgot "Youauntoo" and "Aight".
Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
No, they should be charged and prosecuted under federal law.
True, depending on location that is true.
Originally Posted by
GUWonder
That's the way it is. Welcome to politics in the age of the spineless. A real leader will tell the public what it doesn't want to hear. Chill out and take a breather since terrorism has been, is and will remain a public, ugly nuisance and we'll have to expect to live with the risks of it like we do with road accidents. The best bomb makers are still going to be able to sneak explosives by whatever security measures are put in place. There's no getting around that absent an impossible, totalitarian police state. Expect mitigation of the risk but don't expect it to ever be eliminated.
I think the goal should be no ability for the terrorists (or some other loony) to be able to do damage to the people aboard a flight or in the airport. I admit that is something that will probably never be acheived for one simple reason - people adapt. We all do it in some forms throughout our lives, we adapt to what life throws at us and we keep moving forward. The problem we have here is the balance between what is acceptable to the public and what the threats are. There are several people that want more stringent protocols for security (you know, the FBPD with the full monty, WBI, open every bag and rifle through it and test it, and anything else they can think of to keep stuff out of the planes), and the other group that wants basic protocols (xray of the bags, test what looks like it could be a threat and pat down only as an alternative to the WTMD). I would venture that most of the American public is somewhere in between those two ends of the spectrum. The trick is to find the best ways to prevent the threats, while keeping in line with what the country feels is socially acceptable levels of security. My idea of security would make most of you pull your hair out (but then again, I worked at a Nuclear weapons storage facility so what do I know?
). I have a cousin that thinks we should just issue everyone on the plane a gun with 3 bullets in them and let it go from there. I have a friend that thinks we should just xray the bags and do the WTMD (with a handwand if there is an alarm) and call it even - no ETD or anything. I hope that moving forward, we as an agency cn find the ability to prevent as many opportunities for loonies to do damage with a good balance of security and inconvienience (corr, sp? my eyes are loopy tonite). I love the Israeli security system, because of the tiered effect, you are processed through in steps, each one more stringent than the last, all the while being scrutinized for errant behaviors. Will the Israeli model work here? I am not so certain that people would accept it here, it is by nature much more intense than ours here. I just hope we can find a good balance and do the best job of prevention that we can, with what we are given.
