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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 10:09 am
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Originally Posted by JakiChan
Do you think people should be allowed to fly anonymously? I suppose that's one way to go, but I would think that if you have no idea who the passengers are then you do have to treat them all as terrorists. Otherwise when the terrorist DOES get on board and blow the plane up I'm sure the people will scream "Why didn't the government do something?"
Lists exist for one primary reason: to deny or limit rights that would otherwise be protected by the Constitution. Especially when one can land on a list without due process.
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