It is deplorable that under the circumstances we are discussing the rights of a meth-head, but that is how are civil rights are defined. Suppose my bag through the machine, it goes through without problem and then I decide not to fly and the feds decide that in itself is suspicious and so I am subjected to detention for a full body search and hours of questioning all to find me innocent.
I know - if you are innocent you have nothing to worry about. Ever here about some idiot former prosecutor named Nifong?
Whatever happened to my right as a citizen to go about my business unmolested. I may have given up some privacy rights when I walk onto a public street, but I certainly did not agree to give up all rights. The Constitution contains no, except if you are in a market, street, airport, etc. statement.
Whatever happened to my right as a citizen to go about my business unmolested. I may have given up some privacy rights when I walk onto a public street, but I certainly did not agree to give up all rights. The Constitution contains no, except if you are in a market, street, airport, etc. statement.
An airplane is not a public street. It is owned and operated by a company, just as you own and operate your own car. The airplane owners happen not to like people who get on their airplanes and then blow the planes up, and most of their customers feel the same way. They want searches to make sure people getting on the planes don't have the means and ability to blow up the planes. The government for its own political purposes decided that they would do the security, but when you get on a plane you are not standing on a public street, and you never were, even before 9/11. And you have no right to expect to be treated as if you were. If you don't like it, you have the option to take some other means of transportation. I say this as a simple statement of fact, so don't read any sort of hostility in it towards you.
If we allow people to pick and choose how much of the security process they will undergo, it invites probes to see if the bombers can find a security weak spot, which weakens the security. I might note that this affects you even if you never fly, because if the nuts gain control of a plane they may decide to crash the plane exactly where you or someone you care about is standing.
Mr. Meth was not not interested in blowing up the plane, but he was performing an illegal act and put himself in close proximity to law enforcement people. He took his chances, he pays the price.