Laz, I respect your work here over the years.
This got a bit out of control. My concept was and is very simple. Security screenings are no fun. They are however, in today’s world a necessary evil.
Occasionally, shit happens, but having an x-ray pointed at a person is not rape. Being touched on the outside of one’s clothes in the search for a weapon is not earth shattering, and having secondary screening is not a reason to lose all one’s cool, especially if one expects to be thought of as someone with enough self-control to carry a deadly weapon.... and decide in a fraction of second whether or not to take someone’s life with that weapon.
If we expect to be heard and respected when we raise important points affecting our country, we all need to chose our battles and not go ape sheet over flea sheet.
With FRegards.
We don't disagree on these, but I will grant leeway for those who do. Who are we to impose those judgement on others?
especially if one expects to be thought of as someone with enough self-control to carry a deadly weapon.... and decide in a fraction of second whether or not to take someone’s life with that weapon.
This one I totally disagree with. One set of priorities in no way intersects the other... just as, say, a germ-phobe should not be denied a right to carry.
This got a bit out of control. My concept was and is very simple. Security screenings are no fun. They are however, in today’s world a necessary evil.
To a point. I object when junk/genitalia get touched.
Well, not object. I think the term I'm looking for is more "look forward to". :)
But I totally understand a desire for others not to be touched in 'bad places'. Israel manages very well without this practice, because they ruthlessly profile.
We need the same here.
Oh and BTW: I accept your Non-Aggression Pact. :)