TSA authorities can fine you $10,000 for leaving the airport

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2010, 02:05 AM

He says he went there because the TSA website indicated there was no xray there.

glatt · 11-15-2010, 08:05 AM

There were 13,531,058 commercial passenger flights in 2008. If you take that number and multiply it out over the last 8 years, when security had gotten a lot tighter since 9/11, you get about 100 million US flights since 9/11 with not a single plane taken down by terrorists.

The tightened security since 9/11 has worked. Not a single plane has come down. 100 million!

The numbers are not a compelling argument that we need these new extremely invasive security techniques.

Our founding fathers wouldn't be able to recognize us. What a bunch of pussies this country has become. We are so afraid of an infinitesimal risk of terrorism that we are willing to give up all our personal freedoms.

Lamplighter · 11-15-2010, 08:57 AM

Amen !

Spexxvet · 11-15-2010, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Our founding fathers wouldn't be able to recognize us. What a bunch of pussies this country has become. We are so afraid of an infinitesimal risk of terrorism that we are willing to give up all our personal freedoms.

I agree. But the other side of the coin is that we should not overreact when terrorism does happen, which we do. Maybe we need to treat terrorism as a part of life.

Gravdigr · 11-17-2010, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

There were 13,531,058 commercial passenger flights in 2008. If you take that number and multiply it out over the last 8 years, when security had gotten a lot tighter since 9/11, you get about 100 million US flights since 9/11 with not a single plane taken down by terrorists.

The tightened security since 9/11 has worked. Not a single plane has come down. 100 million!

The numbers are not a compelling argument that we need these new extremely invasive security techniques.

Our founding fathers wouldn't be able to recognize us. What a bunch of pussies this country has become. We are so afraid of an infinitesimal risk of terrorism that we are willing to give up all our personal freedoms.

You prolly should work in there somewhere the number of planes hijacked/taken out from American soil also. You know, to justify all this extra security. I don't know how to begin to come up w/that number, but, I bet it's comparably small.

paraphrasing:

Quote:

Those who would give up freedom for security deserve neither.

Where did I see that? The Cellar?

11-15-2010, 02:05 AM	#1
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11-15-2010, 08:05 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	There were 13,531,058 commercial passenger flights in 2008. If you take that number and multiply it out over the last 8 years, when security had gotten a lot tighter since 9/11, you get about 100 million US flights since 9/11 with not a single plane taken down by terrorists. The tightened security since 9/11 has worked. Not a single plane has come down. 100 million! The numbers are not a compelling argument that we need these new extremely invasive security techniques. Our founding fathers wouldn't be able to recognize us. What a bunch of pussies this country has become. We are so afraid of an infinitesimal risk of terrorism that we are willing to give up all our personal freedoms.

11-15-2010, 08:57 AM	#3
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Amen !

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