And the number keeps dropping...

The comments also seem to be a lot more sane.
 
If paying customers of the airlines are starting to look for other means of traveling, then why don't the airline owners get into the act. I would think it would be in their best interest to say something.
 
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I have not talked to one person who does not like the security. I love it...
 
I have not talked to one person who does not like the security. I love it...

You like the "security"? Security is an illusion. Not to mention the total disregard of Constitutional rights that "they" say you waive by entering the line to get screened. I can pretty much assure you that this "security" will not deter this or the next generation of terrorist.

Ben Franklin said, "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Safety = Security in this context.

Helen Keller once said, "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."

By the way, Do NOT think the TSA is happy just settling for Airline travel. Make no mistake, they WILL come after GA. The time to fight this is NOW.
 
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By the way, Do NOT think the TSA is happy just settling for Airline travel. Make no mistake, they WILL come after GA. The time to fight this is NOW.

Already happening. As PIC, I am responsible for the safety of my flight. Since I have no scanners, I must perform an extensive pat down on all female passengers prior to flight, and if further suspicious, again during flight. I require all male passengers to be well know and pass my background check, so pat down is waived, or they can pat themselves down.


Just kidding... I really hope Americans wake up and stop this nonsense!
 
Helen Keller once said, "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
C'mon now. Helen Keller didn't SAY anything.
 
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Not to mention the total disregard of Constitutional rights that "they" say you waive by entering the line to get screened.

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I hate to sound like a broken record, but the Constitution - at least the 4th Amendment - just isn't a factor here, nor will it be absent a major change in how the Supreme Court interprets it.

Just to reiterate, for starters, the 4th Amendment isn't implicated. The 4th prohibits unreasonable intrusions absent cause; this airport security stuff, as it stands now, just won't be found to be unreasonable (if it goes further, though, that might change). "Unreasonable" is kicking in your door based on the fact that you did a rolling stop 5 years ago three states away; "unreasonable" isn't subjecting every passenger, or even every 5th passenger, to a scan that can see through clothes, in the face of a known threat to a particular target that the people scanned are willingly and voluntarily using.

Even assuming the 4th Amdmt is implicated, it's a well established part of constitutional law that you can waive those rights. For instance, it's a routine occurrence for a police officer, even though he doesn't have anything other than the slightest of hunches because you look "funny," to walk up to you, engage you in conversation, and then ask if you don't mind if he pats you down for, say, weapons (or drugs, or whatever). It's entirely voluntary, and unless he's coerced you in some impermissible way (and this is where there *might* be a little wiggle room in what I'm saying - it can be argued that "you're not getting on this plane unless you waive your rights" is coercion, but I highly doubt that this would be a successful argument for a variety of reasons), it's entirely valid. Same if you want to go into, say, a prison or any other area that's at a known, proven, and consistent threat of criminal activity - if you want in, you're going to have to waive whatever 4th Amdmt. rights you have (again, assuming they exist).

So, I'm sorry I'm tell y'all things that you probably don't want to hear. But this is how and what the law is, and I'm not going to blow smoke up your respective derrieres.

With all of that being said, however, I agree with everything else in your post.
 
You like the "security"? Security is an illusion. Not to mention the total disregard of Constitutional rights that "they" say you waive by entering the line to get screened. I can pretty much assure you that this "security" will not deter this or the next generation of terrorist.

Ben Franklin said, "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Safety = Security in this context.

Helen Keller once said, "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."

By the way, Do NOT think the TSA is happy just settling for Airline travel. Make no mistake, they WILL come after GA. The time to fight this is NOW.
:thumbsup::thumbsup: Great post Greg!

This makes me sick. Indoctrination has begun.....Why does it seem this isn't the girls' own handwriting

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You like the "security"? Security is an illusion.
Um, no. Security is never perfect. If something gives you the appearance of perfect security, then that's certainly an illusion. But the lack of perfect security does not equate to the lack of _any_ security. It is possible to be "more secure", that's no illusion.
I can pretty much assure you that this "security" will not deter this or the next generation of terrorist.
The track record suggests that as means of attack are eliminated through screening, attackers seek out new attacks. You can declare this to be evidence of the futility of screening, asserting that there are thus always new attacks available to be tried, or you can declare this to be evidence of the utility of screening, as attackers are continually forced to employ less practical, less effective, and more complicated attacks. Since I think it's pretty clear that terrorism would be a lot easier if a crew of guys could board with automatic weapons and suitcases full of dynamite, I think the "utility" argument is supported.

Similarly, when a man gets on board a plane with a home-made underpants bomb that he fails to properly detonate, we can declare that to be evidence of the futility of security, as the guy got on board with a dangerous substance any way, or we can declare that to be evidence of the utility of screening as he had to resort to an extremely unreliable means of attack, a home-made kludge for detonation because a mechanism would be found in screening, etc.
Helen Keller once said, "Security is mostly a superstition...
Okay, but you can't prove something via "somebody once said something in a wholly different context that I'll now interpret in the current context in such a way as to support my argument". I think HK's line is more about taking risks in life and less about a recommendation on the topic of aviation security.
-harry
 
So how much is TOO much? When do we cry "Uncle"?
Whether you're securing a computer, a network, a home, a car, an airline flight, a country, etc, you're always looking for the right compromise between security and cost. In this context, cost consists of, well, actual dollar cost, but it also has components of convenience and the aesthetics of the experience, which is negatively impacted by intrusions into privacy.

So there are no absolutes, it's a big mushy ball of compromise. We'll never have a solution that thrills everybody, because some people go through life terrified of highly improbable risks while others think "we all gotta go some time, might as well enjoy the ride". Some people think "there's a man in that room who can see the outline of my boy parts, and that makes me very uncomfortable" while others think "whatever, checkout my junk, knock yourself out, I wish my prostate exam was this easy". So we're always seeking out compromises that have to be applied universally though everybody weighs these factors differently.
-harry
 
We'll never have a solution that thrills everybody, because some people go through life terrified of highly improbable risks while others think "we all gotta go some time, might as well enjoy the ride".
That's the stumbling block right there. We hired a furloughed airline pilot once who was uncomfortable with the fact that we have no cockpit doors. :confused:

That person didn't stay very long.
 
The sheep keep lining up for slaughter
Give it a break big guy. Sheep lining up for the slaughter? What slaughter? Maybe I am just not the world traveler that some of you people are, but I do get around a little. I have never found airport security to be that big of a deal. I don't think the body scanner is that big of a deal either. I am headed to New York City next week, and if along the way I'm asked to step into a body scanning machine, I'm just going to step into it. In fact, I think it is kind of neat. I wish that they would make a screen shot of me in the scanner and give it to me. I also don't care about a pat down. My tailor sticks his tape up my crotch every time I get a new suit. My doctor sticks his finger up my butt every time I get a physical. I'm guessing that it will probably be more uncomfortable for the TSA agent than it will be for me. I think that some people just get all agitated over nothing.
 
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I think that some people just get all agitated over nothing.

I don't think it's up to you to decide whether other people should be ok with being groped or be forced to go through the nude-o-scans.

You can certainly decide for yourself. You sure as blazes don't get to decide for me.
 
I don't think it's up to you to decide whether other people should be ok with being groped or be forced to go through the nude-o-scans.

You can certainly decide for yourself. You sure as blazes don't get to decide for me.

The collective "we" get to decide for you... if you want to fly that is.
 
I don't think it's up to you to decide whether other people should be ok with being groped or be forced to go through the nude-o-scans.

You can certainly decide for yourself. You sure as blazes don't get to decide for me.

You are absolutely right Bob. I want to publicly apologize for speaking for you. You certainly have the right to be uptight with it. Sorry.
 
Wait, what am I apologizing for? All I said was that I think some people get agitated over nothing. I have nothing to apologize for. I have the right to think anything I want about people. I didn't say that Bob needs to lighten up a little. I take it back, I don't apologize.:D
 
You can certainly decide for yourself. You sure as blazes don't get to decide for me.
I don't think he said he was deciding for you. We all get to make our own decision about this but it seems that people who make the decision that they are not overly bothered by it are chastised on this board as being "sheep".
 
I don't think he said he was deciding for you. We all get to make our own decision about this but it seems that people who make the decision that they are not overly bothered by it are chastised on this board as being "sheep".

If he doesn't like being characterized as "sheep" then maybe he might want to consider whether or not he should characterize others as "uptight".

sauce, goose, etc etc etc

and perhaps he should consider if there might be any valid reason why someone would not like to be groped or have the nude-o-scan images taken. Can anyone think of a reason? Is it so difficult for people to think of a reason instead of so quickly resorting to calling people "uptight" or dramaqueens?
 
If he doesn't like being characterized as "sheep" then maybe he might want to consider whether or not he should characterize others as "uptight".

sauce, goose, etc etc etc

and perhaps he should consider if there might be any valid reason why someone would not like to be groped or have the nude-o-scan images taken. Can anyone think of a reason? Is it so difficult for people to think of a reason instead of so quickly resorting to calling people "uptight" or dramaqueens?

Bob, are you trying to pick a fight with me?:D
 
If he doesn't like being characterized as "sheep" then maybe he might want to consider whether or not he should characterize others as "uptight".
I think you brought up "sheep" before he brought up "uptight". And you are not the only person who uses the sheep analogy.
 
I don't think he said he was deciding for you. We all get to make our own decision about this but it seems that people who make the decision that they are not overly bothered by it are chastised on this board as being "sheep".
Well, Mari, that's because it's usually a correct categorization. Like I said before, I wouldn't categorize people who've actually though this through as sheep if they decide that this sort of screening is ok with them. I would think that their lack of interests in civil liberties is very regrettable and short-sighted, but at least they're thinking for themselves.

However, the vast majority of people haven't though this through. They're also not informed and are shocked when they learn of some of the details (I was talking to a friend of mine the other day and told her that in fact the TSA clerk looking at her naked would most likely be male and not - as she had assumed - female). They're just doing what everybody else is doing. Kind of like sheep.
 
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I think you brought up "sheep" before he brought up "uptight". And you are not the only person who uses the sheep analogy.

I don't believe I've ever used "sheep" to characterize those that accept TSA's "security" procedures. And for sure and for certain, I didn't use "sheep" in this thread until post 31 (and this post).
 
Bob, are you trying to pick a fight with me?:D

Nope.

I don't have an issue with you. I have an issue with the viewpoint I think you expressed. That is, I get the impression that you (and others) don't recognize that there are legitimate reasons for some people to be opposed to the nude-o-scans or being groped (beyond the fact that they aren't necessary).
 
I don't believe I've ever used "sheep" to characterize those that accept TSA's "security" procedures. And for sure and for certain, I didn't use "sheep" in this thread until post 31 (and this post).
You're right. It was someone else in post 11, which is the post that Max quoted.
 
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