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hahaha, love how you throw Rackspace at the end (I deal with them everyday and can say they are top notch!) I hate TSA as much as I do. I hate them more becaus
by joering2 15y ago
hahaha, love how you throw Rackspace at the end (I deal with them everyday and can say they are top notch!)
I hate TSA as much as I do. I hate them more because I can imagine how this show will look in the future (further on this one)
> They are not friendly, have a real attitude problem and treat you as if you are guilty before proven innocent
I think this is one of those places where presumption of being guilty should proceed the one of being innocent. Otherwise, would you really care that now its about the time to point a finger that this guy is guilty [for planting a bomb] where your eardrums exploded from sudden cabin decompression and you free-falling into the ocean?
If you been watching the terrorism scare-show in US for a while now, you would easily came up with impression its a money show and nothing more than that. You throw some drugged loser on a plane [under CIA agents supervision] and he "fails" to detonate his bomb, then TSA asks for more money to "tighten up" security while boarders are wide open.
I found this particularly disgusting: "Michael Chertoff has been an advocate of enhanced technologies, such as full body scanners. It is important to note that his consulting firm Chertoff Group (founded 2009) represents manufacturers of the scanners" [1]. +300MM "market" paid off by taxpayers money. Still his 300MM is a drop in the ocean comparing with privately owned military complex.
The sad truth is, that noone in their sound mind would assume things will get better and security will loosen up. It won't. Based on the past, one could assume the following:
- some idiot will hide explosives inside his rectum,
- some other idiot will construct powerful enough bomb but small enough to hide in his cavities.
So, after we spend $300MM on all those scanners, next turn will come to spend another $300 on upgraded version that can shoot x-rays through your ass and teeth. Otherwise, those nasty terrorists will get us. It won't happen tomorrow or next year, but next 5-15 years will make today travel look like a breeze.
[1] wikipedia + http://gawker.com/5437499/why-is-michael-chertoff-so-excited-about-full+body-scanners http://gawker.com/5437499/why-is-michael-chertoff-so-excited...
- mikeash 15y ago"I think this is one of those places where presumption of being guilty should proceed the one of being innocent. Otherwise, would you really care that now its about the time to point a finger that this guy is guilty [for planting a bomb] where your eardrums exploded from sudden cabin decompression and you free-falling into the ocean?" You don't get to toss out innocent before proven guilty just because you come up with a particularly uncomfortable way to die. The risk of dying from terrorism in the US, with or without the TSA, is incredibly low. It could get ten or a hundred times worse and still not be noticeable next to the ~40,000 road fatalities in this country every year. Why is terrorism so special that it causes people to want to do anything and everything to stop it, while they don't even bat an eye at things that are far more dangerous?
- joering2 15y agoWhat do you mean by "toss out" ? Ok, the checkup goes quite far: shoes off, jacket off, backscatter machine, but if nothing is found on you ,you are left alone.
- mikeash 15y agoThe 4th Amendment is pretty clear that you need to have some reason to suspect a person of committing a crime before you search them. What did you mean by "presumption of being guilty should proceed the one of being innocent"?