[technomage]

High school civics teacher Gordon Johnson

Well, if there is an attack at a stadium and it is found that the perp was a suicide bomber that could have been stopped with a pat down, we can all thank Gordon Johnson.

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

Stadiums and venues are using this as "smoke and mirrors" to get a look at your stuff to see if you're bringing your own Poland Spring to a summer ballgame rather than buying their $6.00 bottle. The reason I know that number is because an old boss took his family to a baseball game last week and purchased a round of waters for himself, wife, and kids and the tab came to $24.00 for four.

A movie theater near my home even has a sign that they reserve the right to look in handbags, pocketbooks, and oversized garments for "security" purposes. Like a zit-faced, beanpole teenager is going to do something about a person with a customized .357 Magnum in a fannypack, anyway?

Don't be so fast to toss instructor Gordon Johnson under the bus. We shouldn't seek to eliminate our liberties as fast as possible in the mistaken belief of "thinking" we'll get additional security as a tradeoff...it simply won't happen.

~ Blue Jays ~

[VeniVidiVici]

Well, if there is an attack at a stadium and it is found that the perp was a suicide bomber that could have been stopped with a pat down, we can all thank Gordon Johnson.

And hopefully Mr Johnson will be in attendance.

I disagree. A Bucs game is a private venue. You don't want to be patted down, don't go.

[Sloth]

Well, if there is an attack at a stadium and it is found that the perp was a suicide bomber that could have been stopped with a pat down, we can all thank Gordon Johnson.

Actually, I think you can thank James Madison.

[metalurgist]

Well, if there is an attack at a stadium and it is found that the perp was a suicide bomber that could have been stopped with a pat down, we can all thank Gordon Johnson.

Have you ever had to go through one of these? These stupid pat downs cause huge crowds of thousands of people to stack up at the gates. Perfect target for your suicide bombers.

The only thing these security people worry about is someone bringing in beer or liquor that won't be purchased at kings ransom prices from the stadium vendors.

They don't stop weapons either. Two of my friends that are cops give their off duty carry pieces to their wife and girlfriend to put in their bra's. They don't search women very well.

Pat downs are a good for nothing, feel good exercise for the sheep.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Well, if there is an attack at a stadium and it is found that the perp was a suicide bomber that could have been stopped with a pat down, we can all thank Gordon Johnson.

Actually, we should thank our Islamic wing of the State Department, immigration lawyers, and the ACLU. I for one would prefer that the gestapo does not pat me down wherever I go in America, and I for one don't see the need to accept immigrant Muslims.