Posted on 11/18/2010 8:44:23 AM PST by FS11
I also consider liberty as doing what I want, when I want...which is what I do.
Thanks for the heads up to never wear a skirt when flying. Yeesh... :-(
Even if the police have reasonable suspicion, I’m not gonna just let them feel up my children. I’ll do it and they can look thru a one way mirror or something.
They’re gonna have to hold me back physically, hard...
Even if the police have reasonable suspicion, I’m not gonna just let them feel up my children. I’ll do it and they can look thru a one way mirror or something.
They’re gonna have to hold me back physically, hard...
Even if the police have reasonable suspicion, I’m not gonna just let them feel up my children. I’ll do it and they can look thru a one way mirror or something.
They’re gonna have to hold me back physically, hard...
If it is your children, there is no reason that the police, TSA, or anyone else should have “reasonable suspicion” of any sort... I think you two are probably within agreement there. I can’t think of any “reasonable” purpose for searching 99.9% of Americans in the manner upon which they currently insist.
The searches themselves aren’t bad. I think that needs to be made clear. The fact that the searches are being applied indiscriminately, on the other hand, absolutely is. (And the fact that they are even considering NOT applying the searches to Muslims whose sensibilities might be harmed is perhaps worst of all...)
I apologize if I was overly rude. Judging from your military service, you have fought for our freedoms and then some. I got a bit caught up in the matter. You have assuredly had your own fights — I will not blame you for not wanting to fight them all. No human being can be expected to have that sort of energy.
For some of us, however, this is a fight worth having. As I have said in other posts, it is not an issue with the methodology so much as with its application. It is completely reasonable and constitutional to apply a search as invasive as this to individuals whom raise certain suspicions. There is no constitutional protection against reasonable search and seizure and, if 9/11 taught us anything, it is that certain measures are a bit more reasonable than we had understood them to be in times prior.
The part that upsets me, however, is that I cannot understand why someone such as yourself, who had served this country since before I was even born (1981), should have to undergo the same treatment as people who want to destroy everything we have and everything in which we believe. I do not understand why the American people, who had no part in the terrorist attacks against this country, should have to go through the indignities of having their spouses and children groped or flashed naked before strangers when there are means by which suspects whom are actually threatening can be identified and treated accordingly. It is frustrating and it is not representative of the country I want my children to live in. Perhaps it is more my generation’s fight than yours — I am sorry if I came across as blaming you for that. We all fight for our liberties in different ways.
Again, you cannot be expected to fight every battle. I just hope you do not blame those of us who are doing what we can to ensure our own futures. Foreign enemies were the norm of the past but us younger generations have those coupled with domestic concerns as well. If we are not vigilant then all that has proceeded us has been in vain.
Thanks.
To me, it’s just a matter of all men being equal, regardless of their deeds.
There is no “healthy attitude” that giggles when strangers feel of your private parts.
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