Originally Posted by spazlabz (Post 18505191)

the thing is that you are really missing the point. I can understand the view that safety is higher than personal freedoms and privacy I really can. But it is un-American to do warrant-less searches and Americans should be pissed off about it. The government does not have the right to take away the peoples rights without due cause and simply showing up somewhere does not justify due cause in any way and should not be construe as our tacit consent to such searches. We Americans can be a rowdy bunch of fuckers hell bent on supporting various things without much need for explanations or facts. But to witness the erosion of rights that our grandparents would have (and did) die defending and the American publics seemingly unchallenging acceptance of this 'new reality' is very surprising to me and should be fought.

I have no idea how things are in Europe because I have never been there but I can freely admit my ignorance of your laws and if they are correct. But for Americans we need to rely on and have faith in our constitution and for the government to appear to be dismissing it out of hand is a troubling thing for rational minded people over here. :2 cents:

Originally Posted by Rochard (Post 18504958)

Wait until someone discovers the border patrol in California randomly picks a freeway and sets up inspection stations that ALL cars and trucks have to pass through. LOL.

Been doing it for years now.

Originally Posted by DarkJedi (Post 18503593)

Now they can justify groping little girls on a bike in a suburb if they like.

Originally Posted by tony286 (Post 18505256)

Its all a show, if someone is determined to do damage its going to happen. They also know if they do nothing and something happens again, the people screaming about freedom will be the first to scream how could you let this happen? The gov is really fucked either way.

Originally Posted by spazlabz (Post 18505261)

I scream about freedom...if it happens again I am grown up enough to know that it would have been impossible for them (the government) to stop every possible attempt.

Originally Posted by Rochard (Post 18504770)

Yeah, that's a bad idea. You know, not they have never targeted the drop off area of the airport before.

You know that airport security isn't only on the planes, but the entire airport right?

I don't understand people. You get pulled over, you let them search your car, if you got nothing to hide you got nothing to fear? Years I go I pulled over, felony stop; Cops thought I had drugs or a dead body and thought I was running from them when I never saw them in the first place. They shut down the freeway, had me spread eagle on the pavement, tossed into the back of a police car while they searched my car. I had nothing to hide, they searched my car, handed me a ticket, and told me to drive safe.

You know when you pull into an airport that it's a security zone and a massive target for terrorists.