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Hey, why not put an armed government agent in everyone's home. Just thing of all the victims of domestic violence that we could save. It's worth a little inconvienience, isn't it? Think of the Children! Etc, etc.... Or what about this, why not have an armed marshal sitting behind each and every passenger with a gun to the back of their head for the entire duration of the flight? Sure it's uncomfortable and a bother but hey, isn't it worth it to make sure we are all safe? Why stop at three hour delays at the airport? Why not go for five or 10? Who cares if what we have right now is bringing the industry and the economy to its knees, especially in the business travel sector where no one has time to spend six hours a day a airports. Why not have citizens submit travel permit papers 30 days in advance of travel so that authorities can do background checks and get your fingerprints. That would probably speed things up slightly at the airport. Would that make you feel safer? Let's just get government approval before we travel. After all, government knows best.
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This is the first time I've posted with a quote from another post - so I hope it works. I agree with the above that all the extra "security measures" that are really infringements on our 4th amendment rights at a minimum are useless at best. I do have a serious problem with thinking an armed government agent would be a comfort or able to protect anyone. I can't think of any government run agency that works better than a public person or company.

I agree that the sole reason a plane will not be used as a weapon again is because the passengers will not allow it. Even the pilots are mentioning that they not only agree with this, but are counting on it. The only thing that taking away sharp objects or weapons from these same passengers does is to limit how effective each can be. Thank god some of you can use your allowed - hand, legs, arms and feet to protect yourselves, but I could sure use an equalizer! If all passengers that wanted to be armed were armed I think the good will out weigh the bad and the bad element would not want to risk doing anything criminal when the result would certainly be futile.

I think the american peoples freedoms have been so infringed by these searches that passenger are more afraid of the treatment at the airports than they are of flying. I totally resent being treated like a criminal because someone else once was on 9/11.

I'm sure many of you will now pick this apart and complain. I have tried to make my opinions clear because I feel if we all sit back and say nothing the media's search for those that agree "anything to feel safer" is the correct public opinion will win.

My sympathies to those of you that have to subject yourselves to these unlawful searches and seizures.

Here's a link that might be of interest to some of you. http://www.projectsafeskies.org/

Edited to accent the beginning of this to show it more clearly as a quote - I guess I still haven't figured out how that works.



[This message has been edited by GDIW (edited 12-07-2001).]