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Originally posted by DBCooper71
I think I'll stick with staying within europe for my holidays....I really don't fancy watching my wife and kids being molested by people I wouldn't trust my dog with.
What happened America, you use to be cool?edit on 19-3-2012 by DBCooper71 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by babybunnies
The bottom line is that terrorists are watching the airports.
If they see that three year olds in wheelchairs aren't being selected from the lineup, guess what they'll be using to send their bombs through checkpoints?
Would you rather see a three year old and wheelchair being patted down by TSA or a three year old and their wheelchair in pieces on the airport concourse or in a field where the body of the plane landed after the bomb goes off?
I know my answer.
'
I cannot imagine an employee telling his/her boss no to a business trip because they want to protest the TSA. Especially in today's economy, large unemployment rates means that ones boss may see their employees as more disposable. The HR department may literally have 1000's of resumes from people that would probably take less money and fly 7 days a week to take the job from the employee who refuses to fly in protest.
Originally posted by MattNC
Holy overreaction people.
That agent was doing their job and I think it was handled the best way possible. This is the world we live in. If you want to travel by air, you have to accept this.
You think extremists wouldn't use any method they could think to slip by security? Guess again.
I had my, then, 4 and 7 year with me on a plane trip a few years ago after 9-11. We got selected for random search, all 3 of us. I told my kids before the search that the guards needed our help to keep everyone safe on the plane by practicing searching. I went first to show is was easy and safe. No ogling, no groping, nothing perverse happened to my kids. I was standing within arms length of my kids the entire process. Was it a hassle? Yes. But the only thing we "lost" was 10 minutes of our that we have spent just sitting on the airplane waiting to take off.
You people are out of your minds to say anything inappropriate went on. You all are making it sounds like they strip-searched the kid in a private room without the parent being present.
It purportedly happened at O’Hare International Airport, according to text accompanying the video. Not true, according to a TSA official. It actually was at Midway Airport.
The incident took place in the spring of 2010, well before the TSA in September 2011 eased its rules regarding screening procedures of children 12 and under, the TSA said.
Originally posted by babybunnies
The bottom line is that terrorists are watching the airports.
If they see that three year olds in wheelchairs aren't being selected from the lineup, guess what they'll be using to send their bombs through checkpoints?
Would you rather see a three year old and wheelchair being patted down by TSA or a three year old and their wheelchair in pieces on the airport concourse or in a field where the body of the plane landed after the bomb goes off?
I know my answer.
'
Originally posted by OldCurmudgeon
reply to post by MattNC
Hey Mattnc... good post and a star for you...
Terrorist would 'wrap their child' in explosives and send that child on alone to blow the plane up if they could..
Originally posted by mee30
reply to post by Jason Paul
Hmmmm just out of curiosity how long had that vid been uploaded for? Because you post it here and bam it's taken down by youtube! Hmmmmmmmm!