Every attempt to terrorize an airliner -except 9/11- has originated outside the United States. And 9/11 was a huge exception because the entire act was perpetrated by a combination of criminally negligent security and box cutters- not explosives. These scanners and patdowns are overkill. Simple detectors for simple weapons are sufficient. Certainly there isn’t even a need to take off your shoes.
What makes air travel more sacrosanct then any other activity? Do you all realize that if a terrorist packed with explosives has gotten so far along at to get to a check in line at the airport, he could walk unto a bus or train, into any mega store, into a sport stadium, anywhere, or he could just set off the explosive on that check in line.
Even if these procedures had some legitimate purpose all they end up doing is inviting terror at undefended locations with larger crowds then in just one plane.
What would cripple us (socially and economically)more? A plane bombed or a mall bombed.
Which would you go after if you were a terrorist today?
Which would you go after if you were a terrorist today?
__________________________________________
In my burka I would be breezing past the stupid sheepy infidels being sexually assulted at the gate and getting on the plane...
(My burka covers a lot...)
That’s a scary reality. One wonders why the terrorists haven’t done just this at any airport. Seems like they would cause more damage than in a plane.
It would be very difficult to fly a train into a metropolitan skyscraper.
Good point about the mall. Can you imagine what that would do to the economy besides the terrible loss of life. No one would go to malls, theaters, even churches. It would all fall into place for Barry Soetero.