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Scanners search through clothing
Millimeter wave technology from security specialist Qinetiq is designed to detect not just metal but other threats, like ceramic knives and hidden drugs.
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that I'm not carrying a real weapon, but anyone who's had their
fingernail clippers taken (because of a 1" file) then been served a
bottle of wine on the plane (which could be broken into a wicked
weapon) knows that there's something amiss here. Well, at least
hi-tech plastic guns, etc shouldn't go undetected, unless of
cours they are disassembled or made to look like something else
than a weapon.
Still, maybe people should do better worrying about who's busy
hijacking the US Gov't. Crazy world....
The government has an interest in advertising the horrors of terrorism. They want us to get used to having our rights eroded, little by little, until we will gladly submit to any indignities in the name of some overhyped threat.
You may not think giving up small things is a big deal, but they all add up, and they will be much harder to win back when you finally decide that things have gone too far.
Stop listening to Bush and heed the wise words of a Founding Father and true patriot:
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin.
Sound far-fetched? Take a look at your local police department's map of sex offenders living in *your* neighborhood. And with our state\government "Equal Employment" laws, guess who might be manning the scanner?
Hey, here's a solution (ATTN entrepreneurs): How 'bout lead lined bras, panties and jock straps?
> test. The events are actual cuts from past history. They actually happened!
> Do you remember?
>
> In 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:
> a. Superman
> b. Jay Leno
> c. Harry Potter
> d. Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and40
>
> In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and killed by:
> a. Olga Corbett
> b. Sitting Bull
> c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
> a. Lost Norwegians
> b. Elvis Presley
> c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
> a. John Dillinger
> b. The King of Sweden
> c. The Boy Scouts of Canada
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
> a. A pizza delivery boy
> b. Pee Wee Herman
> c. Martha Stewart
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of17 and 40
>
> In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old
> American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
> a. The Smurfs
> b. Davy Jones
> c. The Little Mermaid
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a
> Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
> a. Captain Kidd
> b. Charles Lindberg
> c. Mother Teresa
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
> a. Scooby Doo
> b. The Tooth Fairy
> c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
> a. Richard Simmons
> b. Grandma Moses
> c. Michael Jordan
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
> a. Mr. Rogers
> b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women
> problems
> c. The World Wrestling Federation
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take
> out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the
> US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers.
> Thousands of people were killed by:
> a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
> b. The Supreme Court of Florida
> c. Mr. Bean and the Vicar of Dibley
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
> a. Enron
> b. The Lutheran Church
> c. The NFL
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
> a. Bonnie and Clyde
> b. Captain Kangaroo
> c. Billy Graham
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
>
> Nope, I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you?
>
> So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics'
> intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed
> to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old
> women, little kids, and airline pilots with proper
> identification,secret agents who are members of the President's security
> detail. 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning
> and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages 17and
> 40 alone because profiling might offend someone.
>
Even thought the answers to these questions refer to only males this doesn't let off the women-who do as they are told and could be just as lethal-in fact it was bragged about that a woman could look as if she is pregnant but she would be carrying explosives to be detonated.
Nobody should get off.
There are a lot of excuses for not wanting searches to happen mostly because the person would be stopped from commitiing attrocities planned.
If certain people are supposed to be treated very carefully maybe they don't belong here maybe they should go back to their own country. My feeling is that nobody would object if they had nothing to hide
Its weird how stereotypical 90% of the replys r.. do you realise that this is what every single culture out there says about americans? how sterotypical they are? americans complain and complain n host talk shows: oprah tyra racheal ray martha stewart n millions of others.. just to gith stereotypes... how people judge cuz ur fat or ugly or blak or white... its the same for muslims.. just cuz 1 blak guy mugged you doesnt mean alllll blak people r bad.. just cuz one chinese dude keeps studying doesnt mean hes a nerdy geek... n just cuz your fat it doesnt mean u eat like a pig... its just that.. just cuz ur a muslim doesnt mean ur a terrorist.. these people have feelings.. many of them r highly educated, more educated than any of us americans i must say... they have families and wives and lives like every1 else does... just cuz they decide to protect their land and dignity against WHAT UR SAYING doesnt make them terrorists... forget 9/11 that was wrong.. and i have a muslim frend who says muslims even say god might never forgive them for it... but people in palastine? theyre just fighting for their dignity against your words against your stereotypes.. theyre fighting cuz people have invaded their lands... n we over here r too blind to see it since the media only covers half the story
I dont want to make this long.. and i understand where every1 is coming from: yes some1 crashed in that building and killed our families.. n it so happened to be a muslim... dont fall victim to this and stereotype.. people r just that: people.. doesnt matter what race they r from, doesnt matter wut color they r.. doesnt matter where they are from.. what matters IN THE END is wut gd they bring to this life.
Take for example. If you were sitting at home and looking out the window and spot a guy walking down the street wearing a black shirt and green pants. He walks in front of your house and throws a rock in your window. The next day you see a different guy and hes wearing a black shirt and green pants and he also throws a rock in your window. The day after that you see another guy, different than the 2 guys before, wearing a black shirt and green pants 2 blocks from your house headed in that direction. What do you do? You've just spent 2 horrible nights with 2 broken windows that had to be fixed and the only thing you know about those two guys that they had in common was the color of their clothes. What is there to do but assume hes headed there to do the same thing?