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Originally Posted by Sly
I agree that it's absurd but what drug cases have you heard of based on your proposed method?
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I haven't "heard" about any "drug cases"
I'm just telling you that me and every tom, dick, and harry used to fly around with a little stash in our pocket. You don't do that shit now because they are searching you and everything you have.
Why are they going through everything you have when they already have scanners going on you? A metal detector is already in use, the pilots door is solid steel, as long as you don't have explosives on you at that point you can't do much of anything except tote an ass whipping on the plane.
So what are they really looking for when they go through all of your stuff?
And why are they trying to "detain" someone like that pilot who decided "fuck it" I'm not gonna fly now?
That would be like deciding not to get in a taxi or on a bus and the driver "detaining" you. If you or me tried that shit it would be called "kidnapping"
Bottom line is that we are supposed to be free. And not being searched everywhere we go. It's a testament to how badly we are losing our liberty in this country. As I said earlier...in the 1970's planes were hijacked constantly. They COULD have put that steel door in at that point and stopped that dead cold. But they didn't.
In the 1980's a few planes were blown up in mid air. They COULD have put in explosives detection but they didn't.
This whole 9-11 thing is being used as an opportunity by authorities to do everything they never could before. From tapping our phones, to monitoring emails, to illegal search and seizure, and the list goes on and on.
I saw something on the news the other day where a commentator said that we need to realize "just how tall our enemy really is". And is the loss of our rights necessary or even effective against a handful of crazy people?