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One of the last times I was at an airport, there was extra security so many Americans were being patted down at the gate -- even after the initial patdown. However Muslims in full Islamic garb were not. Strange, very very strange.
Bull.
This thread is funny. The OP has people tied up in knots. Well done.
Therefore, according to you, searches could be performed on anyone, anywhere (except at home) at anytime without probable cause to satisfy the mandate of providing security?
No. The Constitution text says UNREASONABLE search. Pretty much everyone agrees the airport security is a reasonable search, not to mention it is also voluntary. You do not have to go to an airport. Do you really think we should allow people with guns and bombs into planes given the fact that such idiocy has already cost the lives of thousands of people. If you don't like it, then don't fly.
Are you implying that private airlines are responsible for safety from terrorism on airplanes?
Companies are responsible for providing a safe product or service. If an airline is not safe people will not fly on it. When you go to a stadium or amusement park you have to go through metal detectors and the company provides security. I don't think airlines are exempt from this.
I'm not willing to give up or compromise even one tiny bit if freedom in exchange for safety. I want the country to remain as free and open as it was intended to be.
If that means I get blown the hell up, then too bad for me. I'm not gonna live forever anyway. But I wanna die in a free America.
Can you explain how your liberty is affected by a search at the airport? There is no loss of liberty inherent in this search. Unless, of course, you have an inhearently stupid.
I also would like to ask, do you view anyone at all at the airport who ask to see your ID in the same context as these searches with out probable cause?
Does this question related to the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution make you angry?
I'm not willing to give up or compromise even one tiny bit if freedom in exchange for safety. I want the country to remain as free and open as it was intended to be.
If that means I get blown the hell up, then too bad for me. I'm not gonna live forever anyway. But I wanna die in a free America.
What is your position on immigration? Should people be able to move in and out of this country freely?
Racial (and religious) profiling would be a lot more effective to stop terrorism than having the TSA throw away an innocent person's tube of toothpaste.
Racial (and religious) profiling would be a lot more effective to stop terrorism than having the TSA throw away an innocent person's tube of toothpaste.
So Muslims and non-whites are the only people worthy of checking for nefarious intent? Do you not understand how prejudicial your comments come off as?
It is sad the ignorance on both sides of this issue.
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