re: #104 osprey34229

The US is in the reactive mode behind the curve. The terrorist
probe our weakness we react ie hands in laps , no toilet trips
in last hr of flight , 555k names on list that no one understands.
Until we cut out the PC crap and focus on passengers who fit and
the profile we are spinning our wheels.We were lucky this time.
When the IRA tried to blow up Margaret Thacther and failed
their response to her was you need to be lucky all the time
we only have to be lucky once! That is the problem we face.
Leave the 80yr old granny alone scan and pat down those that
fit the profile — in doubt they don’t fly!!

No offense, dude, but the ‘profiling will save us’ routine is silly. It won’t. At best, it is one tool among many others.

I can think of all kinds of ways around profiling. You really wanna bet grandma’s life the terrorists can’t? Remember, they only have to get lucky once.

I get sick of people who keep talking about how there’s a war on, and we need to git tough, but can’t stand the idea that gittin’ tough might mean they have to take off their shoes, or stand in line for a while at the airport, when anyone should be able to SEE that they’re not a threat.

Whoosh. Rant done.