Originally Posted by sassamanlaw
Uh, O.K. So all they did was make you take off your shoes. I didn't realize that was offensive to the Constitution, Magna Carta, Ten Commandments and the Code of Hammurabi. The *******S!
Seriously, I believe the term of art is that "they have to honor the threat". It would look very bad if the TSA didn't conduct a "shoe carnival" and we had a shoe bomber II.
BTW, if you want to talk about REAL security, next time your in L.A. try walking into the Federal Courthouse. Not only do the shoes come off but belts as well. They really have the WTMD turned up to max. But you know what, I have to go in the building so I agree to the rules.
If you don't like the rules in place at airports there is always Amtrak.
I will complain anytime there are STUPID security measures in place, whether they are contrary to the Consititution or not. and I WILL continue to fly. Those who don't like my complaints are cordially invited to 1)take Amtrak and 2)go do something biologically obscene to themselves or a parent.
It is un-American to strip search people, especially when doing so adds NOTHING to security, as I have clearly demonstrated in my post above.
The "Richard Reid" excuse is a joke. Those responsible for these disgusting strip searches of people ought to be deported, at the very least. It is so sad to see the traveling public swallowing this utter BS.