http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/tsa-brings-passenger-security-checks-to-the-rails/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:54 -0700 hourly 1 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/tsa-brings-passenger-security-checks-to-the-rails/#comment-342 The Voice of Reason Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:05:12 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/tsa-brings-passenger-security-checks-to-the-rails/#comment-342 Lame. Nobody's trying to bomb Buffalo. You people are paranoid. Lame. Nobody’s trying to bomb Buffalo. You people are paranoid.

]]> http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/tsa-brings-passenger-security-checks-to-the-rails/#comment-341 Anonymous Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:04:41 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/tsa-brings-passenger-security-checks-to-the-rails/#comment-341 Why hasn't it happened? It makes sense to search more of those who are most likely to be carrying bombs. If a bomb goes off at Buffalo, would it be a valid defence to say 'I saw that suspicios-acting person in a turban, but as I had just searched a Muslim I was afraid of losing my job if I searched another one, so I picked on an 87-year old couple from Arkansas instead. Sorry about the 37 people who just died, but at least I didn't ruffle the feathers or racial offend the bomber." Liberal ideals are all well and good, but can't we keep them out of the real world, where they can cause real harm? Why hasn’t it happened? It makes sense to search more of those who are most likely to be carrying bombs.
If a bomb goes off at Buffalo, would it be a valid defence to say ‘I saw that suspicios-acting person in a turban, but as I had just searched a Muslim I was afraid of losing my job if I searched another one, so I picked on an 87-year old couple from Arkansas instead. Sorry about the 37 people who just died, but at least I didn’t ruffle the feathers or racial offend the bomber.”
Liberal ideals are all well and good, but can’t we keep them out of the real world, where they can cause real harm?

]]> http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/tsa-brings-passenger-security-checks-to-the-rails/#comment-340 Anonymous Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:04:15 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/07/tsa-brings-passenger-security-checks-to-the-rails/#comment-340 I can't imagine that the first incident of racial profiling hasn't already happened . . . I can’t imagine that the first incident of racial profiling hasn’t already happened . . .

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