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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

Here is the KEY part of all of this that you people are not getting, for whatever reason. I have the CHOICE to go to each and every one of those places.........the CHOICE. Not the right! It is not my right to go to a ball game, a rock concert, or fly on a plane. I make the choice, based upon whether or not I have the privilege of entrance fee/money to spend. I am making that CHOICE with the knowledge that the owners of those venues make have requirements I must comply with. If I do not wish to comply, I am in effect, choosing to not attend.

My grocery store, and most restaurants require shoes and a shirt to enter. I comply with that requirement to gain entrance.

No LaT, the key part you are not getting is you do not have the choice.

Would you never go to a grocery store if they subjected you to pat downs?

And flying is no longer something optional but a fact for people who need to travel on business.

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

I hope they now put in
1) a line for people who dont mind being scanned,
2) a line for people who dont wanna be scanned  but dont mind being patted down
3) a line for all the people who thinks their "rights"  are sacred and can waste five hours with all the other complainers.

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

Only 1/5 of All Air Cargo Screened for Bombs - CBS NewsNov 2, 2010 ... TSA: All "High-Risk" Cargo Checked; Congressman Want to Expand Screening to All 9B Pounds Entering US Each Year.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/.../main7014325.shtml - Cached - Add to iGoogle►Only 20 percent of U.S.-bound cargo screened for bombs | Homeland ...Air cargo securityOnly 20 percent of U.S.-bound cargo screened for bombs. Published 4 November 2010. About 20 percent of the nine billion pounds of air ...
homelandsecuritynewswire.com/only-20-percent-us-bound-cargo-screened-bombs

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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

Dear Chicken Little..........the sky is not falling.

Yes, I would go to the grocery store if I had to be subject to a pat down. Granted, I would consider moving if indeed, my neighbourhood was so dangerous as to create the sort of threat needed for the grocery store to implement such.

Again.............IF I am going to choose to avail myself of the privilege of air travel, I have ZERO problem complying with whatever measures they've taken to attempt to insure me a safer flight.EVEN if that mean they have to check to make sure there is no questionable junk in my trunk.

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

Dear Chicken Little..........the sky is not falling.

Yes, I would go to the grocery store if I had to be subject to a pat down. Granted, I would consider moving if indeed, my neighbourhood was so dangerous as to create the sort of threat needed for the grocery store to implement such.

Again.............IF I am going to choose to avail myself of the privilege of air travel, I have ZERO problem complying with whatever measures they've taken to attempt to insure me a safer flight.EVEN if that mean they have to check to make sure there is no questionable junk in my trunk.

We could have a 100% safe society if we choose that route.

As long as we are willing to give up our freedoms for the sake of security.

What I think is most likely the case here is that many people are afraid of flying to begin with so they are willing to sacrifice their rights for an added sense of safety.

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

You see no imagery there?

The govt is your GOD.

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

You see no imagery there?

The govt is your GOD.

I have no god

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

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You see no imagery there?

The govt is your GOD.

I have no god

The imagery I see is a padded cell and a straight jacket

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The imagery I see is a padded cell and a straight jacket

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail





The imagery I see is a padded cell and a straight jacket

I wont wear the jacket, but ... Ill bring the stun gun and the taser

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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

Did you pack your own parachute?

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El Al only has a relative handful of departures each day (they ony operate 35 aircraft after all). United Airlines operates 360 aircraft, Delta has a fleet of 733, American has a fleet of 625. Now add in all the small and regional US carriers.

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Now imagine -each passenger- (??, Ed.)  going through a 3 hour screening involving questioning and hand bag searches as well as any level of physical screening the security officers feel is warranted. That would bring actual chaos and standstill to US airports.

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... as well as any level of physical screening the security officers feel is warranted.