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Originally posted by andy1033
reply to post by wcitizen
Why, you people took mobile phones and accepted them, so what is different from body scanners?
Most of the peopel seem to not care, and i doubt the usa care what anyone really thinks, they will just do it.
The ptb have an ultimate weapon in your pocket already, its called a mobile phone. What else do they need, lol.
Originally posted by dantanna
just a heads up.
last week, i realized a f@lse fl@g was probably coming, to 'convince' the sheep they 'need' scans.
i started posting this on facebook ALL last week.
and someone, without my permission, was going into my facebook page and deleting my posts.
i changed my password, and they still deleted my posts.
which got me nervous.
i freakin HATE f@lse fl@gs.
but now i try to type things mispelled on purpose. so they do not trip the word filters.
Originally posted by mayabong
Excuse me if I'm wrong, but didn't the supposed underwear bomber board the plane in another country? Not even in the US?
Originally posted by Janky Red
Amen???
Or this outrage could just be the catalyst to introduce another bit of goodness -
I am suspicious of outrage fanned on behalf of the Lame Stream Media, which is different then what feels
right...
The real intent, who knows?
Originally posted by mayabong
Excuse me if I'm wrong, but didn't the supposed underwear bomber board the plane in another country? Not even in the US?
Originally posted by Aim64C
I find it quite humorous that, about two years ago, many of the types going on about previous airport security incidents being false-flag operations were hailing our new president and proclaiming that the evil government wasn't going to be as evil anymore.
Now, just because some people are upset with airport security measures, we can expect a "false flag" operation to scare us into submission.
Believe it or not - the CIA, military, and other government forces have much better things to do than try and herd this incomprehensive mass of chickens called the U.S. (a reference to 'herding chickens' - not that people are 'chicken' and afraid). The only ones with that kind of time include the President and his staff, apparently - taking plenty of time to campaign.
I have already posted my comments regarding the TSA and how the efforts to improve airport security are entirely misguided and misappropriated. I have already stated that every scanning and search method we put into place will eventually fail to stop an attack.
The reality is that there are plenty of people out there who are willing to kill you and I. It is a concept that is rather alien to us, as we live in a culture of tolerance.
Take a look around you - while there are individual killings in America all the time (indeed - we have a rather high rate of homicide) - the group-inspired killings are few and far between. Take a trip over to Europe and watch the Catholics and Protestants fire-bomb each others' churches (destruction of property in other nations is far more common than murder) - then look at a Catholic and Protestant church sitting right next to each other in the U.S. with the members participating jointly in fellowship activities.
America has always been built around freedom of opinion and expression (and people willing to express their dislike of others) - but rather low-violence by comparison to other nations.
Religiously inspired and -indoctrinated- murder is a very alien concept to us outside of academic quarrels over the value of religion.
It's not 'real' to Americans. We can't accept that someone would blow up a market because of religious, political, or social views (yet, we've had people torch themselves in the streets as a sign of protest, burn abortion clinics, etc).
The way the TSA is going about things is not just ineffective, but doomed to failure. It is a waste of tax-payer money and will do little to improve security aboard flights. That, however, does not change the fact that there are people out there who actively plan to do us harm, for many different reasons (not just islamic extremists). It does not always have to be some secret shadow-government project.
Originally posted by andy1033
reply to post by wcitizen
Why, you people took mobile phones and accepted them, so what is different from body scanners?
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Originally posted by Skippy1138
Have you guys seen this yet? The kids will love it for Christmas:
www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/business/media/16playmobil.html?_r=1
edit on 22-11-2010 by Skippy1138 because: (no reason given)