Flying without any security?
Oct 1, 2007 | 6:55 am
#61
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I would like to purchase the full auto version also but all of the hassle of owning one is not worth it. The point I was trying to make is that Auto Ordinance had reservations about putting it on the free market because it may be used in the wrong way. Now I see people who say to remove the security, like that won't be taken advantage of????
Oct 1, 2007 | 11:07 am
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I disagree completely. There are already plenty of holes in the asinine "security" that we are forced to endure at US airports. Anyone, anytime, can bring explosives past the checkpoint in their pants or in their butt. Why doesn't it happen? Because there just aren't that many terrorists out there as Comrade Hawley and Comrade Chertoff, the lowest of the low, would have you believe.
Oct 1, 2007 | 11:13 am
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Oct 1, 2007 | 11:16 am
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Fortunately, others do not believe "there just aren't that many terrorists out there as Comrade Hawley and Comrade Chertoff, the lowest of the low, would have you believe" and I for for one continue to believe airport screening remains a necessity. I am certainly glad the metal detectors in Vienna worked.
Please don't forget, air cargo that travels on passenger jets is still not screened for anything.
Oct 1, 2007 | 11:17 am
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And you think that this dog and pony show conducted by minimum wage rent a cop rejects is going to make us safe? Yes I remember 9/11 as I lived through it in NYC. And everytime I go through this idiotic idea of airport security I think what a joke.
Oct 1, 2007 | 11:21 am
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Because there are holes in the security system, does that mean you should abandon all security procedures or should it mean the holes should be plugged?
Oct 1, 2007 | 11:41 am
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These skunks are creating holes by focusing on non-credible "threats" and by harassing passengers. They are truly un-American filth.
Oct 1, 2007 | 1:13 pm
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Your suggestion as a replacement is to let the airlines impose their own levels of security, which would allow the passenger to choose their airline based on those levels? Capitalism in action?
Oct 1, 2007 | 1:56 pm
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I disagree completely. There are already plenty of holes in the asinine "security" that we are forced to endure at US airports. Anyone, anytime, can bring explosives past the checkpoint in their pants or in their butt. Why doesn't it happen? Because there just aren't that many terrorists out there as Comrade Hawley and Comrade Chertoff, the lowest of the low, would have you believe.
I do not advocate a wholesale dismantling of security precautions, but shoes, liquids, R/C cars, and (most perplexing of all), disposable booties, do not constitute a viable threat.
Oct 1, 2007 | 2:25 pm
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That's the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Terrorists like to strike the weakest point. Why haven't we seen ship terminals, trains, cruise liners, or even a terminal at LAX blown up by now? One idiot got caught at the border, ostensibly headed to LAX, but that was ONE idiot since 9/11.
I do not advocate a wholesale dismantling of security precautions, but shoes, liquids, R/C cars, and (most perplexing of all), disposable booties, do not constitute a viable threat.
I do not advocate a wholesale dismantling of security precautions, but shoes, liquids, R/C cars, and (most perplexing of all), disposable booties, do not constitute a viable threat.
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/new...s0hg280&src=ap
A Bosnian who tried to enter the U.S. Embassy in Vienna with a backpack filled with explosives, nails and Islamic literature was arrested Monday after the bag set off a metal detector and the man fled on foot, authorities said.
In a 12-minute video posted on YouTube, an Egyptian man wearing a white shirt, khaki pants and rubber gloves explains in Arabic how to turn a toy boat into a bomb.
His name is Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, and last month he was arrested in Goose Creek after authorities found four PVC pipes containing a mixture of potassium nitrate, kitty litter and sugar in his cars trunk.
His name is Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, and last month he was arrested in Goose Creek after authorities found four PVC pipes containing a mixture of potassium nitrate, kitty litter and sugar in his cars trunk.
Oct 1, 2007 | 2:43 pm
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By their very nature, terrorists mainly strike where they stand to strike the most terror into the hearts of their targets.
Boats and cars are limited in their strike capability. A fully fueled commercial aircraft is an incredible weapon with an endless list of targets.
It's just not enough to blow them up on their own any longer. Why take out 200 in the air when you can add the destruction of a politically symbolic target and the deaths of others to the carnage in order to send a bigger message?
I'd also like to add that talk of security measures is pretty stupid if we don't discuss WHY Islamic fundamentalists want to harm us. Once you figure that out and work to mitigate it, the security part is minor.
Boats and cars are limited in their strike capability. A fully fueled commercial aircraft is an incredible weapon with an endless list of targets.
It's just not enough to blow them up on their own any longer. Why take out 200 in the air when you can add the destruction of a politically symbolic target and the deaths of others to the carnage in order to send a bigger message?
I'd also like to add that talk of security measures is pretty stupid if we don't discuss WHY Islamic fundamentalists want to harm us. Once you figure that out and work to mitigate it, the security part is minor.
Oct 1, 2007 | 3:13 pm
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Oct 1, 2007 | 3:27 pm
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Oct 1, 2007 | 3:39 pm
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