I'm sorry but the next terrorist bomb is going to be sewn inside the suicide bombers body and

[applegrove]

patdowns won't help. That being said I still would rather be patted down as long as everyone else is too.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

1. Fear!

We MUST have invasive body scans, or else!

[Kali]

2. "next" bomb?

the big terrorism act that got everybody ready to give up everything in the name of "safety" wasn't even a bomb

[mwb970]

12. We were attacked once. Once.

I don't think I have ever seen an overreaction as wildly out of proportion to its cause as America's ongoing retreat into quaking, trembling fear following 9/11. "Home of the brave"? Don't make me laugh.

[Ozymanithrax]

3. I would rather keep my 4th amendment rights.

Freedom is dangerous. Live with danger. It is exhilarating.

[Jamastiene]

4. Well then, you'll just have to install a zipper on your skin

and be ready to unzip your skin for them now. :evilgrin:

[gateley]

5. They could have done that easily by now -- not even sewing in. Do we have

any bomb-sniffing animals around the passengers?

[uppityperson]

6. I'm guessing a mall or some similar place. Theater? Somewhere where people gather, in conjunction

with some sort of financial thing would work. Esp during November/early Dec when people are busy shopping for x-mas stuff.

[FreeState]

7. I have no problem with the pat downs

But apparently I'm immune minority here...

[HCE SuiGeneris]

8. Before you post again, please show me your papers.

It's just a precaution against an element that is, you know, unseemly.

[FreeState]

11. I, like everyone else show my papers when I fly n/t

[applegrove]

9. I have no problem either.

[Trajan]

10. I wonder what would happen if you thought 'happy thoughts' in line ...

... and arrived at the 'patdown' site with some considerable, obvious wood ....

[JohnyCanuck]

13. The terrorists don't have to resort to surgery,

they can just shove it up their rear. That's why I posted this comment on another TSA related thread:

It has apparently been conceded that the new machines and search procedures can't detect explosives stuffed up a terrorist's bunghole. Supposedly any terrorist worth his salt and wanting to smuggle explosives onto an aircraft would be aware of this too. That means the new intensive search procedures are pretty much useless if routine anal probes are not part of the SOP. To my mind, it would be analagous to having a vehicle security check at a border or secure facility entrance where the guards rigorously use those mirrors mounted on long poles to poke underneath vehicles so they can look under cars and trucks for contraband and/or illegal stowaways clinging to the undercarriage but don't also have a policy of asking the drivers to open the trunk lid so they can look inside the trunk to verify it too is clean.

I suggest to anyone who really thinks these checks are there to detect terrorists and not just intimidate the populace into supporting the implementation of more police state type tactics in the future, please set an example for the rest of us next time you go through an airport security check: drop your drawers, bend over and spread your ass cheeks while demanding the TSA agent poke a gloved finger up your ass to verify there are no bombs hidden where the sun don't shine.

[Shining Jack]

20. +1

[Le Taz Hot]

14. Not to mention our pourous borders

and unsecured ports. Just one more reason not to fly.

[jmowreader]

15. Give me a break...

The next time the terrorists decide to blow something up, they're going to go with an oldie but a goodie: van packed with high explosives parked in an enclosed garage.

[REP]

16. What does "I'm sorry but" even mean?

Are you sorry you posted this? Sorry to fear such a ludicrous scenario? What?

[applegrove]

22. "I'm sorry but" means I'm sorry to say thing because I know it will offend at least one person but

I feel I have to say it.

[TheWatcher]

17. Delete.

[TheWatcher]

18. The Mythical, Invisible "Men In Caves" don't ever have to lift another finger.

Posts like this prove they've won.

The real terrorists of course, Not the Mythical "Men In Caves" we've been conditioned to fear.

[Contrary1]

19. Bomb? There's no need for a bomb.

Do you have children? I won't go into detail as to what I believe would strike the most fear in Americans, though I'm sure the terrorists have already thought of it.

[Shining Jack]

21. "I still would rather be patted down as long as everyone else is too."

So true. And I would rather live in a Police State as long as everyone else is too.