No, your imaginitive little mind did the lumping there. You listed some people who served in the military who work at the airport. Ergo, someone working at the airport who was in the military must be patriotic or have the country's best interests in mind. All I did was point out that serving in the military does not necessarily make one patriotic, for one of the most evil fascist dictators of all time served in the military too.
Actually, we are talking about common carriers here, not private transportation. Private transportation is like renting a charter plane where you and all the other people who think that making the flying experience akin to a humiliating experience in searches without probable cause can get together and pat each other on the back about how safe your own private Idaho is.
And your mindless, "don't like it, don't fly" statement is exactly what many business travelers are doing, which is contributing to the financial ruin of the airlines. All this just so that reactionary cowards can feel safer that there are no hockey sticks on board the airplane.
We all want to live. Live freely, that is. Why don't we search everyone who leaves their home for any reason? It will make us so much safer and all of us will live longer! Why don't we search everyone's home from time to time? It will make us so much safer and everyone will live longer! And tight security? Well then, why don't we administer a good rectal cavity search to each traveler? There's some nice tight security that is bound to please! And make things _so much safer_.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JetTroop:
You just lumped all the military in the same boat as Hitler. Come on, that's WAY to harsh.
I drive 2 hours each way to work for free to work as local cop a couple of times each month. No pay, no nothing. Just hassling from people who think I'm violating them in some way or that they own me because they pay taxes. Well..guess what. My gun, my gear, my time. Does that make me a true guardian? Probably not, huh.
You're traveling on a private airplane. If you don't like the rules, don't fly. It's as simple as that. You're in a space with around 100 other people who don't know you and certainly don't trust you. When you invade my space or put me and my family at risk, I could care less about how you feel harassed or searched. Get searched. Be fair, search us all.
I want to live and being subject to search while flying with 1000's of other people doesn't bother me. I dont deserve to die because you feel you have the right to fly with us, the traveling public, and not be subject to tight security. What gives you that right? When it's in your house or your car, it's your business. When you're in public, it's all of our business.
And, this is totally a side note. Lumping the military in with Hilter is a bad thing. You really should take that back.
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