Posted on 10/19/2005 11:39:57 AM PDT by JZelle
A wheelchair-bound teenaged fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is upset new security measures will require her seat cushion to be examined by security staff. Melanie Schuknecht, 17, received a written notice from the Tampa Sports Authority informing of her of the new measure. She was requested to provide information on her disability and a letter from a doctor confirming medical items needed. The teen's mother, Kim, told the Tampa Tribune her daughter would endure the embarrassment of having to be lifted from her chair, as well as undergo more intensive scrutiny than other fans. Mickey Farrell, the stadium's operations director said the fans with medical needs must justify their special items because they are normally banned at games. "We're bending over backwards to accommodate them," Farrell said. "There's nothing sinister." He said one potential remedy could be to use bomb-detecting dogs to inspect her cushion.
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LOL! They stole that idea from us.
If this teen doesn't want to be searched the simple solution is stay the hell home, period.
Sympathy for her condition? (I do too). Or sympathy for her being searched? (I don't have any for her, she has more places to hide something).
If we give wheelchairs a free pass, terrorists will abandon planes for wheelchairs before you can say ACLU.
I guess Security didn't get the memo that declared the handicapped to be a protected class.
Perfect solution.
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Sympathy for her condition, yes. I don't care for being searched either, but I think it's a necessary inconvenience.
BS. Give her a back ground check and let her in. How many wheel chair bound individuals are there going to the game? Accomodation shouldn't have to be that hard. One size fits all policies are usually dumb as dirt.
Do you also support feel good secutity and take off your shoes and smile for the TSA idiots?
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I've been searched at airports and at concerts. I don't feel at all like a scared rat.
I have a friend who was able to sneak in 2 kegs in a wheelchair at a clemson game
Thank you for the consistent reminders of whom to blame.
It is an excellent service.
I have an Aggie friend who was able to sneak three wheelchairs in a keg to a Texas Aggies game.
Hook em Horns!!
"I would personally rather die in a terrorist attack than live my life like a scared rat begging to be searched at every corner in the futile pursuit of some illusory 'security.'"
"If you don't feel scared, why are you willing to sumbit to the search?"
Why is security illusory? There's a difference between security and stupidity.
That's one of the best stories I've heard in a while!
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
One of the greatest movies ever made, we just watched it again last night..
Is she Islamic?
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It's simply an inconvenience, a part of life since the WOT. Clearly, it's more troubling to you than it is to me.
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