Jesus fucking Christ, I would love to see these fucking worthless hack bastards at Massport do a Budd Dwyer on themselves. They let this happen. It is that simple.
Middle Eastern men.
Arrived late to the airport.
Purchased ONE-WAY tickets.
Paid IN CASH.
Yep, hindsight is 20/20. So is the IQ of these fucking shitstains.
-Rav
P.S. Please accept my apology for quoting an excerpt, a link to the full article is below:
We all have stories about shitty airport employees, it a stereotype now. Hell, my brother had a bag x-rayed which contained a military-style knife/tool and a box of Montecristos (lovely but oh-so-illegal). He had the knife/tool because he was active military at the time and forgot it was in his “work” duffle, and he just didn’t think about the cigars until it was too late. But the stupid bitch manning the machine saw nothing! She saw a hairdryer and wanted to look at it, but that’s it!
In any case, it is still the fault of the suckwads who did this, not the airport personnel, or our intelligence community. The dirtbags who decided that it was Allah’s will that a bunch of office workers, stockbrokers, day care center workers and kids needed to die to make a statement- they are at fault.
I think it was the intelligents fault, airport security fault and also our gov for not adhering to plans when terrorism first struck out country. When we know people are out their hating us enough to kill us and hurt democracy everywhere, we should hunkerdown and have the best security 24/7 forever! Instead of having this destructive plan with Mexican President Fox, we should send all the nice people back to Mexico for now until we are more stable here.
All the jobs that are needed need to be held by the American People. The Blacks and the Whites, and the Chinese who helped build the Rails. The American Indians are the very first Americans and should be given great honors, and the Blacks for constantly being martyrs in a land that still does not fully accept them.
And another thing- What the hell are you talking about?!? If you were patted down every time you got on a plane, or your travel was restricted, or your rights diminished, you would probably be the first person to scream at the inconvenience.
What exactly should the mythical “they” have done? Your idea of an all-knowing, all-seeing, omni-nifty government and intelligence community just shows that you have read too many bad novels and have no idea what really goes on. The intelligence business is not some Saturday morning cartoon where the good guys always win.
Hindsight is always 20/20, and Wednesday morning armchair military experts are idiots.
What the security guards will do to themselves is punishment enough, IMHO. Knowing they’re partially at fault for 1000+ deaths (plus the thousands of people who will give them shit everyday for years to come) is, I would think, one of the worst feelings in the world. I wouldn’t be suprised if there was a suicide or 2 among the security guards who didn’t catch the weapons.
Superdude, it shouldn’t single you out in and of itself, under normal circumstances, should it? I hope that what Raven meant was that those factors, put together, should have raised some kind of flag.
Of course, he listed “Middle Eastern men” as if it was a security risk flag, which it better not be…
What if it is? I don’t see why if most commercial airline security risks end up being “Middle Eastern Men”* that should be considered in a security risk profile. Middle Eastern men should not be suspects sight unseen, but if other factors are present, then it makes sense to take that into account.
Note that Middle Eastern men are not being herded into cages. It is just another reason for heightened attention. If most terrorists “appear nervous” I would expect nervous people to get extra attention. If most terrorists wore green chinos, green chinos shoud be a reason for extra attention. In this example, a nervous Middle Eastern Man in green chinos would get more attention than a nervous African American man in green chinos. They’re not trying to make everyone happy and unoffended. They have a job to do.
*I don’t know if this is the case, but it would seem so from casual observation.
I visit by brother around once in three months in milwaukee, WI. EVERY single time, on the return journey, NO one gets stopped at the metal detectors, excpet yours truly. They always insisted on looking thru ALL my luggage. This has happened FIVE out of FIVE times in the past two years.
EJsGirl, I am aware of that, and I know it may be slippery slope that I’m sure I don’t want to follow to the bottom. But it is a question I struggle with, because it would seem to be relevant information, wouldn’t it?
The viewpoint of people who are offended by such searches is valid. And I must fit some kind of profile myself, because I constantly get the “bag swab” and often the “hand search”. Being a white, relatively clean cut mid-twenties male, I’m not sure what profile that might be, but who knows?
I acknowledge that we must be careful not to create and support harmful stereotypes, but I can’t help thinking that any such information is relevant to someone trying to make on-the-run decisions regarding the safety of thousands.