3 ms·

I'm probably going to get downvoted for this, but I think this was a good move by the hotel. I'm glad that if people are bringing suspicious looking material i

I'm probably going to get downvoted for this, but I think this was a good move by the hotel. I'm glad that if people are bringing suspicious looking material into the hotel, and declining maid service for days on end that they are searching the rooms. One search like this could have prevented the Vegas shooting, and its worth it. There is a line we shouldn't cross as far as privacy / safety, but if you're staying in a hotel, you're on their property in a shared public space -- same as on an airplane or mass transit. Edit: we already have the counter-example where the search didn't happen and saw the result. Lets agree that there shouldn't be any unknown contraband / dangerous items in the hotel for everyone's sake.

deadbunny 8y ago
> if people are bringing suspicious looking material into the hotel, and declining maid service for days on end that they are searching the rooms The Vegas shooter bough all his armaments in suitcases. Suitcases in hotels are suspicious now? I'll skip maid service for a the duration of my trip if it's a week or less, and let them in once a week if longer. I don't have new towels and bed sheets daily at home why would I need them changed daily in a hotel? > One search like this could have prevented the Vegas shooting, and its worth it. And one search of any mass shooters house would have likely stopped them as well. Should we encourage them as well. I mean WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN? > There is a line we shouldn't cross as far as privacy / safety, but if you're staying in a hotel, you're on their property Then let me verify the security staff, and don't have them steal my shit. If I have "objectional material" you ask me to leave or ditch the stuff, you don't take it. > in a shared public space -- same as on an airplane or mass transit. No it's really not. > Lets agree that there shouldn't be any unknown contraband / dangerous items in the hotel for everyone's sake. Let's not. Knives are dangerous, vodka is dangerous, hell water is dangerous, lets ban that to.
yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
Let's also agree that violating the right of innocents just because you might eventually accidentally catch a bad actor is completely unacceptable.

deadbunny 8y ago

> if people are bringing suspicious looking material into the hotel, and declining maid service for days on end that they are searching the rooms The Vegas shooter bough all his armaments in suitcases. Suitcases in hotels are suspicious now? I'll skip maid service for a the duration of my trip if it's a week or less, and let them in once a week if longer. I don't have new towels and bed sheets daily at home why would I need them changed daily in a hotel? > One search like this could have prevented the Vegas shooting, and its worth it. And one search of any mass shooters house would have likely stopped them as well. Should we encourage them as well. I mean WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN? > There is a line we shouldn't cross as far as privacy / safety, but if you're staying in a hotel, you're on their property Then let me verify the security staff, and don't have them steal my shit. If I have "objectional material" you ask me to leave or ditch the stuff, you don't take it. > in a shared public space -- same as on an airplane or mass transit. No it's really not. > Lets agree that there shouldn't be any unknown contraband / dangerous items in the hotel for everyone's sake. Let's not. Knives are dangerous, vodka is dangerous, hell water is dangerous, lets ban that to.

yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago

Let's also agree that violating the right of innocents just because you might eventually accidentally catch a bad actor is completely unacceptable.