For my Libertarian friends

It's getting easier to find the perverts and potential sex offenders in society.  They are all either working for, or applying to the TSA.  I mean, how could any of them resist the opportunity to engage in state endorsed molestation.

Henry Plainview wrote: It doesn't annoy me, it annoys the TSA. I am in favor of him annoying everybody because I find it amusing.

I didn't think so. I just wanted to clarify.

Or they just claim them as a matter of national security in reaction to some imaginary threat. 

manofmystery wrote: It's getting easier to find the perverts and potential sex offenders in society.  They are all either working for, or applying to the TSA.  I mean, how could any of them resist the opportunity to engage in state endorsed molestation.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1238602

Their background check procedures are less arduous than their boarding a flight procedures.

This happens to a private company, how long do you think it keeps getting contracts?

Finnforest wrote: I really don't understand the fuss at all about airline screening.  Scan me, pat me, I could care less.  We have bigger fish to fry.  A security check seems reasonable to me when the lives of hundreds of people can be snuffed by one assmunch.

It's nice that you feel that way. Unfortunately,  others have deep concerns about being groped, seen naked, and having air travel grind to a halt because this medium was used once in this country for a terrorist activity.

There's thousands of mediums where equally devestating attacks could occur that are completely unscreened.

Trademark wrote: The Libertopians want the assmunch to have the right to blow up your flight.  Any search is an violation of his right to detonate explosives on a crowed passenger plane. My God if we give up this right what's next?  Background checks for police officers?

You joke, but Pat will be fine with it.
It would be OK to background check cops as long as it was done by private companies of course.

But if they chose not to..

Oh well!

JJLehto wrote: Trademark wrote: The Libertopians want the assmunch to have the right to blow up your flight.  Any search is an violation of his right to detonate explosives on a crowed passenger plane. My God if we give up this right what's next?  Background checks for police officers?   You joke, but Pat will be fine with it. It would be OK to background check cops as long as it was done by private companies of course. But if they chose not to.. Oh well!

Exactly. If this stuff is private, I'm fine with it. Then they have the right to do search me. Then searchers would actually be accountable to the public. Then this whole security thing would actually make sense and maybe even actually be safe.

EDIT: What's the point in giving background checks to police officers? They're going to do whatever they want to you anyway, and if you don't like it tough sh*t. They're the law, and you're the prole.


Edited by Equality 7-2521 - November 17 2010 at 12:24

Yeah, I'm fine personally with trading some freedom for security.

BUT

I'd want to actually feel secure.
Which I can't say I really do with the current way its done.
Hell, the few times I've been to an airport over the last few years it's really been no hassle at all.
Can't say they did much of anything.

And even if they did as Henry said, it's not like we're much safer. People can still sneak junk onto a plane.

Pffft not like we're free anyway Pat.

I'm being robbed every single time I purchase something
I'm subject to a bunch of laws that I never agreed to
Calls are being monitored
People look at my junk when I go through the airport scanners

I can't even do crack.

Keeping us down everywhere possible

manofmystery wrote: I've been wondering: Does anyone know what the procedure is for children?