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Originally posted by Prowler33
Originally posted by KrazyJethro
What exactly do you expect them to do? Three points:
1) Like it or not there are people who can and will use children and our sensitivities to them against us by hiding items on their bodies. There are a fair amount of people in the world who would do some very sick things to a child to accomplish the aims of the almighty god.
2) This is far from "groping", by definition.
3) If the issue is that it's the government doing it, fine, I tend to agree and I'm no government apologist. However, if we removed the government and required airport owners and airlines themselves to provide their own security (which would be fine with me) provided they took the burden should they miss anything, it would be whatever security company these companies would hire doing the exact same thing.
Would it be different if it was a private company?
Peace
KJ
Dude, Cheney and Company orchestrated the September 11 attacks in order to give us this and other violations of search and siezure. Get some metal detectors and a private security firm after you charge the REAL 9/11 conspirators with high-treason. This six-year old is not one of them.
"He who trades liberty for security deserves neither and will lose both."-Thomas Jefferson
I wonder what the thread title would be if the bad guys managed to sneak a bomb on a plane using a kid and the result was the killing of all passengers and crew?
Just sayin....
Originally posted by tcmkenny
Originally posted by freedish
like a six year old girl is gonna be carrying a bomb... this is disgusting
in this day and age a 6 yr old can very easily be carrying a bomb, not by choice but there are extremeists that use such a method.
I fully agree that no child should be subject to such a proceedure however it is the world we now live in. Where do you draw the line for public safety? if they didnt search any children and one was used as a bomb and blew up your family waiting in the airport terminal im sure you would ask why she wasnt searched.
Originally posted by romanmel
reply to post by Jean Paul Zodeaux
You speak the truth of history.
That misuse of children in history cannot be denied, but continued misuse doesn't excuse the act. It merely shows man to be the fallen despot he really is all throughout history.
Originally posted by Jean Paul Zodeaux
Originally posted by romanmel
reply to post by Jean Paul Zodeaux
You speak the truth of history.
That misuse of children in history cannot be denied, but continued misuse doesn't excuse the act. It merely shows man to be the fallen despot he really is all throughout history.
No one is excusing the act of using children for the purposes of military. The point is that even in the face of this, there was a time when the unalienable rights of individuals was actually respected rather than dismissed as being a luxury because fear is a privilege greater than rights.
That people are oh so willing to sacrifice my rights in the name of their fear shows humanity to be the fallen despot they really are.
The time of "unalienable rights of individuals " ended when BigGov decided to kill the last president to dare challenge TPTB. Every president since understands who owns this country and where his orders come from. Forty-eight years ago "unalienable rights of individuals " for all practical purposes ended.
If you honestly believe you are making a point that is not a defense of tyranny, then perhaps you might consider actually making that point. Your follow up post does nothing at all to clarify your point, and only reiterates what you all ready pointed out, that if a child were used as human bomb on an airplane many would scream for more security. That point was not missed. If you believed you made a separate point, that point is not so clear.
My guess? You'd apologize for the real perps and march out the same tired arguments that it was the fault of 'tyranny and TPTB'.