Originally Posted by Teacher49

Of course you are putting out an opinion. It is implicit in the illogic of the rather meaningless question you pose. I can see it only as an attempt to "muddy" the waters of discourse.

For how many years prior to the invention of the TSA were there no bad things happening? 9/11 - as horrific as it was - was an abberation.

There have also been "no bad things happening" all over the country where there is no TSA presence. The worst we have had is a bunch of young men buying cell phones for re-sale and an agent provocateur of the feds creating a weak, non-credible plan to do something bad in Chicago while living in Florida.

It is sheer stupidity to think that the only possible targets of interest for an enemy hell bent on creating fear and disruption are airplanes. In places the world over where there is REALLY a terrorist threat, suicide bombs are used in many and diverse situations. None here. end of argument as far as I am concerned.

We have seen the TSA's failure in test after test after test designed to see if the will actually detect harmful material. So where is the deterrent to a mythical enemy willing to die in commission of the bad thing? Surely by sending many teams drawn from the supposed hordes of bad guys some would be caught or succeed. Not happening.

Perhaps the hysteria and cowardice that has led to the creation of a rights infringing bureaucracy that systematically strips all pax of their privacy and dignity was just a terrible over reaction?

There is a very weak link between cause and effect in your thesis. Spiff's rock is not likely to have helped much either, but the argument for it is almost as strong.