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Don't you have some sort of unique id to identify one person from another even if they share the same name in the US?

by u124556 12y ago

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mhurron 12y ago
First off, he's not an American. His passport eventually was able to be used to prove he wasn't that 'Richard Smith.' Of course, the TSA measures their effectiveness based on how many people they make miss their flights so they don't really want to make things better. More importantly, these lists appear specifically to have been made to be generic. The government appears to want to catch everyone.
jrockway 12y ago
Yes, the TSA gives you a "redress number" if you're mistaken for someone on the No Fly List. You plug that into your airline's website, and then you aren't bothered anymore. I have one! But only because I have TSA Pre✓. (Quite possibly the best government program ever.)
- greggman 12y ago
  That was sarcasm right? Pay the oppressive government program to be less oppressive? And of course if you're poor too bad for you.
  - jrockway 12y ago
    I wasn't being sarcastic. The program is a good idea: I pay to have my background checked, and then I'm not treated like a criminal. It has some foundation based in logic (I'm pretty low-risk, compared to anyone that shows up with a plane ticket), so I'm not going to complain. And if you're super-libertarian or whatever, you should be happy that I'm paying the cost, not the taxpayer! The good news is, it appears the background check doesn't really matter. At JFK, they siphon people at random into these lines when the main line is full. This hints that the reduced scrutiny will be coming for everyone soon.
    - hackuser 12y ago
      > I pay to have my background checked, and then I'm not treated like a criminal. Wow. I don't think objecting to that makes someone ... > super-libertarian or whatever I notice that people who think don't object to these programs resort to two arguments: 1) What me worry? 2) Name calling It makes me think that they don't have much of an argument, and adds to my growing conviction that there is no argument. EDIT: slight reword
      - jrockway 12y ago
        Isn't dismissing my argument as "name calling" name calling?

Don't you have some sort of unique id to identify one person from another even if they share the same name in the US?

by u124556 12y ago

Don't you have some sort of unique id to identify one person from another even if they share the same name in the US?

deleted 12y ago

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mhurron 12y ago

First off, he's not an American. His passport eventually was able to be used to prove he wasn't that 'Richard Smith.' Of course, the TSA measures their effectiveness based on how many people they make miss their flights so they don't really want to make things better. More importantly, these lists appear specifically to have been made to be generic. The government appears to want to catch everyone.

jrockway 12y ago

Yes, the TSA gives you a "redress number" if you're mistaken for someone on the No Fly List. You plug that into your airline's website, and then you aren't bothered anymore. I have one! But only because I have TSA Pre✓. (Quite possibly the best government program ever.)

greggman 12y ago
That was sarcasm right? Pay the oppressive government program to be less oppressive? And of course if you're poor too bad for you.
- jrockway 12y ago
  I wasn't being sarcastic. The program is a good idea: I pay to have my background checked, and then I'm not treated like a criminal. It has some foundation based in logic (I'm pretty low-risk, compared to anyone that shows up with a plane ticket), so I'm not going to complain. And if you're super-libertarian or whatever, you should be happy that I'm paying the cost, not the taxpayer! The good news is, it appears the background check doesn't really matter. At JFK, they siphon people at random into these lines when the main line is full. This hints that the reduced scrutiny will be coming for everyone soon.
  - hackuser 12y ago
    > I pay to have my background checked, and then I'm not treated like a criminal. Wow. I don't think objecting to that makes someone ... > super-libertarian or whatever I notice that people who think don't object to these programs resort to two arguments: 1) What me worry? 2) Name calling It makes me think that they don't have much of an argument, and adds to my growing conviction that there is no argument. EDIT: slight reword
    - jrockway 12y ago
      Isn't dismissing my argument as "name calling" name calling?