airport see thru scanners
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I'm sure you don't however, as you have already shown, your legal opinion and a nickel have a combined value of five cents.
There are some people who seem to view any encroachment on our rights as acceptable, as long as they're little nibbles. And, of course, as long as we let certain groups have an exemption on religious grounds. But for the majority to give up freedom is perfectly acceptable.
Me, I'm tired of it. And some of those religious groups who get a pass due to their rights, are the very groups behind some of Canada's worst aviation terrorism.
Go figure.
Me, I'm tired of it. And some of those religious groups who get a pass due to their rights, are the very groups behind some of Canada's worst aviation terrorism.
Go figure.
That's because they haven't asked yet. But when they do, you'll be front and centre explaining why it's okay because of some important religious symbol. Because that's what you do, as long as it's not any form of Christianity, that is.
With Political Correctness careening wildly out of control, hijacking all common sense (and our legal system), it's only a matter of time.
... and wouldn't it be ironic if the first case to land in court is filed by an extremist of the same faith as the terrorists that set this gong show in motion?
It's really what the state wants. A loud minority that have drank the KoolAid and drown out the more sensible minority that hasn't, and the rest just don't care so the loudest win. That's the hazard of democracy.
Been a while since you lived in the UK huh? That slippery slope lead to a defacto police state.
Surely you jest, bob. It is true in UK they do more surveillance than we do here in North America (they have cameras at many traffic junctions for instance). However, that is because UK (and indeed Europe) has been subject to terrorism much more than USA or Canada. We have had very little terrorism in our countries (9/11 excepted). So we haven’t had to take as severe surveillance measures as they have had in Europe.
But I am sure the British will disagree with you that they live in a police state. Anyway, the Tories seem almost certain to win the next election. Are they going to reverse any of the surveillance measures? I doubt it; there is a consensus in Britain that those measures are necessary.
And make no mistake about it, if we have similar terrorism here (as Britain had terrorist attack on tube trains, or as Spain had the terrorist attack), we will most certainly follow suit and enact similar surveillance measures here. The people will demand them.
Right to safety comes before everything else.
You'd probably like to the the scanner operator, Sir Pendantic.8O
"Woops, I think I saw what could be the point of a knife........or.......something......Garcon.........ask that lady to put her feet farther apart, and we'll run her through again.....oboyoboyoboyoboy.":blob6:
Hot-cha HOt-cha.
I don't jest, I know too many retired British cops who have moved here who can attest to this because they were part of the system. I don't know who the "they" are you refer to, if it is the UK, well, they have surveillance everywhere. As one fellow said to me, "you, on average, cannot go 400 metres anywhere in the UK without being photographed".
Terrorism is a handy excuse to suspend or eliminate freedoms. Sure surveillance may deter some random crime but doesn't stop terrorism, it only provides evidence in the aftermath, the victims are just as dead. Not only that but he British rendered its populace defenseless, they also outlaw self defense, even in your own home.
As for security, it was the States' lax security measures that allowed 9-11 to happen, and trust me, they were lax and targetted the wrong people. The same is still happening, here and abroad. Extraordinary security measures are merely window dressing and optics. A false sense of security is a dangerous thing, and that security becomes out last line of defense. At least now, in the US and Israel anyway, the last line of defense is armed pilots.
We have no such right. Believing so is dangerous because the state will put our safety in the hands of the state by eliminating out freedoms in the name of safety, safety they know is impossible to provide.
Of course they won't. There is very little difference in philosophy between the Labour Party and the Conservatives, the Conservative Party and the Liberals, the Republicans and the Democrats. The difference is only in rhetoric. Some folks (you included) place tremendous significance on rhetoric. The rest are smart enough to see through it.
I beg to differ. Ray Charles was a significant threat to the US and they were perfectly right to pull him out of an airport line up and search him. What a whack...er...crack job these fine folks do.
