Coffee,Tea,or Should We Feel Your Pregnant Wifes Breasts Before Throwing You in a Cell attheAirport?

lewrockwell.com ^ | 12/18/2002 | Nicholas Monahan

[Glenn]

Instead of spending all your time criticizing everybody else who's trying to protect our kids, start putting your money where your running-off-at-the-mouth is, why don''t you.Where are YOUR brilliant ideas to keep us safe, Einstein?

Hey, clueless. You get NO guarantee of safety in this life. That's the part you aren't getting. You are depending on the government to keep you safe and it is all an illusion. Did you go to school? Did you study history? Was there ever a society in the history of the world that did not crumble? Was there ever a society in the history of the world where innocents didn't die at the hand of evil?

Only deluded people believe in that which is not possible. Consider yourself one of them.

The TSA and Homeland Security are reactions. Get it? They cannot protect you.

Allow me to posit this:

In a month, not too far in the future, at the opening of a blockbuster movie, a fanactic is going to sit in the middle of a theatre somewhere with C4 strapped to his chest and flip a switch sending a few hundred hundred people to their death. Why? Because it will attack western culture and it will kill an industry. What will be your reaction to the TSA and Homeland Security then? Will you feel that you've been fooled? That maybe, just maybe, the government should have done more? Then shall we deploy the TSA to every movie theatre to prevent it from ever happening again? Again, that is, until the next fanatic does it at a high school basketball game.

Wise up. There is no defense. There is only closing the barn door after the horse is out. You don't have to be Einstein to realize it.

[HairOfTheDog]

It was a different time then.

[Republic of Texas]

That's what they are. The "illusion of safety". With a lot of Federal power behind them so that they can harass Americans who don't kiss their robes when they abuse them. We could have the "illusion of safety" without that.

[Republic of Texas]

They felt her up and made her lift her shirt in front of everyone else in line. Is that neccessary to make sure she's not hiding a bomb?

[Jhoffa_]

I dont think they do. Humor, like self-reliance and standing up for your loved ones, has no place in his world.

I know..

"Here, feel my boobs! Feel my daughter up! Toss that man in jail for 'agressive' speech! anything, just make me safe uncle fedgov, for the love of pete make it so.. puhleeeease!"

Pretty sad state of affairs actually.

[carenot]

What a MAN you are! I would expect a big-talker like you to assasinate them all on the spot. Then demand an apology from the security supervisor.

You think a REAL man would just slink away?

I hope your husband would not wimp out on you.

My husband died in '94. But he would never allow anyone to treat me as that woman was treated.

[MonroeDNA]

You are right, it is just my opinion, nothing more.

I quote from the original post:


"So we called the ACLU, figuring they existed for just such incidents as these. And they do apparently...but only if we were minorities. That’s what they told us. "

Anybody believe this?

[neutrino]

I don't believe I'll be flying anytime soon. Enjoy the (lack) of business, airline companies.

[Republic of Texas]

My knowledge of the ACLU doesn't preclude me from believing that happened. Maybe it was a bit more obtuse than that, so as to provide deniability, like Eric said, but that is what they do.

[meyer]

Yep - they were. I think the limit was > 4". They were 100% legal. So were boxcutters. What was ILLEGAL, or at least heavily frowned upon, was resisting attempts to hijack a plane. The official directive was to give into their demands and get the plane on the ground.

Probably the same folks that continue to tell us not to resist armed robbers - "your money isn't worth your life". Well, given an opening, I'll resist all right. People forget that humans are capable of being quite barbaric, even if only for the contents of ones' wallet. Plenty of times, the robber not only takes the money but kills the victim as well.

Sadly, this is true. It is only the folks on the last plane, after hearing the fate of the 3 hijackings before them, that decided to act and save many more lives.

[SwordofTruth]

People who act like intemperate, boorish asses in my world get treated like intemperate, boorish asses - and being snotty to a low paid FSA screener isn't "standing up for yourself", its being abusive.

Those lowly paid screeners lied about what really happened. Then they lied about the tapes being destroyed after three days. You are choosing to believe people who have been caught in a lie.

IMO, that makes you a b*****h a**. In your Gestapo world you would now qualify to be arrested for a felony.

When Americans decide to fight back, and they will, politicians will have no safe place to hide.

[MonroeDNA]

Saw it; read it. The guy sounds like a whining hot head, and a liar.

[carenot]

diplomats excluded of course,

Heck, I wanted the dips out before we made anyone else leave.

Get the UN OUT of the US.

[Trust but Verify]

I'm not sure, but the scene in cajungirl's house right about now would be worth twice the cost!

[meyer]

Whoops! Somehow, I lost your quote for my last sentance. It was a reply to: I guess they did just that too. Just that the planes ended up on the ground after going through a few buildings first.