The guy in the middle is a Jewish author.
When I am in that machine I always let my middle fingers do the talking.
Posted on 02/20/2017 3:05:56 PM PST by WXRGina
Disinformation.
And to mock fake news.
I'm thinking...maybe Kuala Lumpur next week?
Well done, and I’m sorry that had to happen to you.
Looks like I missed the fireworks, I was busy denouncing
pedophilia and faggotry yesterday.
Looks like this thread would have been more fun..
Yeah, yeah, we get it. You are all-in on dehumanizing practices.
You will be a useful tool during the tyranny that arises after Trumps’ two terms.
Would you get on an airliner if you knew that terrorists had advance notice that there were open holes in the security that would allow them to easily get a weapon aboard that airliner?
I’ll bet the 9/11 airline passengers would now wish there was more thorough TSA screening on the day they all died.
Do you consider being asked to hold your hands up for 3 seconds is “being treated like a criminal?” If so, 80,000 criminals in Houston were cheering for their favorite Super Bowl team a few weeks ago
Do you think being scanned by an ultra low-dose x-ray is the same as being, (her words, not mine) “Raped?”
What then is a low dose dental x-ray to detect cavities in the few teeth you have left? Forced oral sodomy?
You may find it harder to answer those questions that to just make an ad hominum Alsisky-style attack as you often do.
And as YOU so often do, you put words in my mouth.
Yes, putting words in my mouth is ‘forced oral sodomy’.
I started to ping you to it, but I was busy catching “friendly fire.” I was accused of being a “drama queen,” only wanting to draw attention to myself and basically being a snowflake wimp for objecting to that invasive “pat down.” It’s for SECURITY, don’tcha know!
Those people were completely missing the point of my report: liberty lost.
I don't believe the backscatter machines "sniff" for gunpowder/explosive residue, but no, even if they did, all the clothes I wore were clean, not worn to the range. My husband wore "dirty" pants that he HAD worn to the range, but he sailed through.
I was pulled to the side twice on a trip a few months ago. Being me I never shut up. I talked and talked and talked. They couldn’t get rid of me fast enough lol.
Whether the trip was "that important" or not should have no bearing on my choice to fly (although I don't intend to ever fly again, unless there is a compelling emergency).
Like almost all others, I was not there to protest. As for being "subservient," I prefer NOT to go to jail, while at the same time--just like millions of others--I did not want to miss my flight and spend who knows how much more money on another way home.
That’s why we don’t fly anymore. My sister in law got the special treatment fairly recently.
I have Leukemia and am out of work. . What bothers me is over exaggerations. The media has is flooded with these reactions towards Trump.
Too bad you were afraid to answer the questions asked?
Would you get on an airliner if you knew that terrorists had advance notice that there were open holes in the security that would allow them to easily get a weapon aboard that airliner? I’ll bet the 9/11 airline passengers would now wish there was more thorough TSA screening on the day they all died.
Utterly immaterial. At that time, boxcutters were entirely permissable in carry-on luggage. The fact you raise this as a viable counterpoint is somewhat sad and entirely lame.
Do you consider being asked to hold your hands up for 3 seconds is “being treated like a criminal?” If so, 80,000 criminals in Houston were cheering for their favorite Super Bowl team a few weeks ago
Wow, you are really reaching here. Holding your hands up differs from holding your hands up in a scanning device.
Do you think being scanned by an ultra low-dose x-ray is the same as being, (her words, not mine) “Raped?”
I don't, but I cannot speak for other's perceptions, and they may not like being subjected to even minimal amounts of X-rays. Genetic damage is cumulative, so I won't fault them for this.
What then is a low dose dental x-ray to detect cavities in the few teeth you have left? Forced oral sodomy?
You decry my 'Alsisky-style attack'(sic) and then proceed to claim I have few teeth. Psychotic, heal thyself.
I personally have no problems with low-dose dental X-rays, but I cannot claim that others do not.
You may find it harder to answer those questions that to just make an ad hominum Alsisky-style attack as you often do.
Your questions were both easy and, in at least one case, utterly immaterial.
Oh, and it's "Alinsky" and "ad hominem".
Hope that helps heaps.
Laz, as you may know, “rape scan” is a take-off of the brand name of the backscatter machines: Rapiscan Systems. The images they produce show our nude bodies in detail. So, while not technically “rape,” it’s certainly a violation of our bodies.
Nice analysis of the trollish comments there, by the way. :-)
The guy in the middle is a Jewish author.
When I am in that machine I always let my middle fingers do the talking.
Laz, I respect your work here over the years.
This got a bit out of control. My concept was and is very simple. Security screenings are no fun. They are however, in today’s world a necessary evil.
Occasionally, shit happens, but having an x-ray pointed at a person is not rape. Being touched on the outside of one’s clothes in the search for a weapon is not earth shattering, and having secondary screening is not a reason to lose all one’s cool, especially if one expects to be thought of as someone with enough self-control to carry a deadly weapon.... and decide in a fraction of second whether or not to take someone’s life with that weapon.
If we expect to be heard and respected when we raise important points affecting our country, we all need to chose our battles and not go ape sheet over flea sheet.
With FRegards.
You did the right thing.
On a Minneapolis TSA frisk, I was so mad I didn’t think it wise to say anything.
We don't disagree on these, but I will grant leeway for those who do. Who are we to impose those judgement on others?
especially if one expects to be thought of as someone with enough self-control to carry a deadly weapon.... and decide in a fraction of second whether or not to take someone’s life with that weapon.
This one I totally disagree with. One set of priorities in no way intersects the other... just as, say, a germ-phobe should not be denied a right to carry.
This got a bit out of control. My concept was and is very simple. Security screenings are no fun. They are however, in today’s world a necessary evil.
To a point. I object when junk/genitalia get touched.
Well, not object. I think the term I'm looking for is more "look forward to". :)
But I totally understand a desire for others not to be touched in 'bad places'. Israel manages very well without this practice, because they ruthlessly profile.
We need the same here.
Oh and BTW: I accept your Non-Aggression Pact. :)
Thank you.
RE: Israel. Last time I was there, I had to request the hand check because I now have a pacemaker.
The Israel Security woman took one look at my passport, driver’s license and implanted device ID card, looked at me again, and simply said, “You’re Ok” and pointed for me to walk through with no checks.
You are right. Absolutely Israelis profile.... very well.
The time before, I went down to my undies. The guy simply said, (with a wry smile) “It was your turn” ... and I knew I was on a very safe flight.
At DFW last month, an exit-only doorway from the TSA-secure area (such as it was!) was being guarded by just one woman, wearing a Muslin headscarf, covering all but her eyes to her mouth!
FUBAR!
BTW, with Muslim males 18-35, one is not profiling, one is describing the suspects!
Be well.
I'm sorry, but I think WXRGina owes rape and true sexual assault victims an apology.
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