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Re: A question for the Libertarians
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Re: A question for the Libertarians
I'm not really in this debate to say that the TSA is at all effective in what they do. I was just wondering the hypocrisy of being ridiculously opposed to having your carry-on searched in order to get on a plane, vs having all your financial and personal history scrutinized just so one can rent an apartment, obtain a home loan, or a credit card. If liberty is truly an absolute, then IMO there should be some individuals on this board that opposed being investigated for crimes they didn't commit while trying to apply for a charge card.
That's it really. I just find it amusing that some people love to take a hard line stance, except for when it is inconvenient to them. As for government-run security vs private, I think we'd see quite a few more problems with a private system that has no continuity between different airports. And just think of the complaints!! You fly out of one airport with your knife on board and as soon as you land you are now in the jurisdiction of another airport that strictly forbids such implements of destruction, and then you are taken into custody for being behind the security checkpoint with a weapon. No thanks, I'll take a standardized set of rules over 100 sets of differing rules. But take it for what it's worth, this is coming from someone that actually flys on a fairly frequent basis.
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How do you measure "good" and "better controls"? I'll repeat my challenge. Point to 1 attack prevented by screening. Do you think people motivated to blow up planes say to themselves, "drat! they check our carryon luggage, I guess I'll just be a farmer, because I can't think of ANY possible way to inflict harm on Americans. Curses! Foiled!" My view is that security screening is a red herring. A circus for the masses. At best an inconvenience, at worst psychological conditioning for total intrusion into every portion of our daily lives so that they can better form us into good spherical humans. |
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You can't. If they don't happen, you'll never know of them. Just like saying "how many crimes in TX have been averted because of the presence of CHL permit holders?" Those questions have no answers, and we all know it.
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But you and I agree, none of these things are what I consider investigating for a crime either. How Tim feels... we might never know (unless he finds an adequate website to cut and paste). ![]() As for the rest of the debate, it will have to wait. Busy night ahead of me tonight.
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