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barelynangel -> RE: Don't bloody well touch me!!! (11/24/2010 5:36:57 AM)
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Umm RapierFugue, the MACHINES don't make us slave to the government, we do that all on our own. The machines aren't making the decisions the people are. So its the PEOPLE who are making us "slaves" to the government so to speak.
You seem to think that we have never been at the BEGINNING of something before. Even though its been 9 years, this concept of being attacked on our own homeland is fairly new to most people. The way it happened is brand new also. I mean if you honestly think that there aren't going to be growing pains then you aren't based in reality.
I didn't say people should simply follow along, i said they should do what they feel they NEED too, which for some means they just accept it because it doesn't bother them, for others they simply will choose another mode of transportation, for other still they will use their power as citizens to complain, file lawsuits etc. Of all these the latter is what will create the course on which this flies.
Do i think the TSA is overwelming everything, yes. BUT i also know that if something else happens, they will be the ones blamed, they will be the ones who people accuse of NOT doing enough. On many levels they are caught between a rock and a hard place because of the responsibility they have and they are brand new to it.
Yes, right now its irritating, its unsettling etc, but in the end, they have to find their nitch. I don't think they are power-crazed, i think they are trying to figure out how to keep the unthinkable from happening again. They are trying to stay one step ahead of people who want to harm the U.S. I give them the benefit of the doubt that they are trying to figure it all out. And i believe its going to take some time. Like i said, in 5 years these scanners won't be a big deal, and i bet the physical searches will be the same type of search you got 2 years ago if you set off the beeper.
The world isn't going to stop progressing, the technology will keep moving forward. And for people who are whinging about the machines they should WANT them to progress because people will take into account the complaints and such and new machines will come about that hopefully alleviate people's concerns and make them feel more comfortable.
I don't have the answers, if i did i would be working in this field. But in the end, the scanners are here to stay. Hopefully they will be refined where the concerns some people have will be alleviated. But in the end, growing pains happen all the time, and people will have to be pulled along kicking and screaming.
angel
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