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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 785246" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>On issues of national security, I tend to be rather pragmatic and have no interest in political correctness.</p><p> </p><p>Truly effective security would employ the use of aggressive profiling. If it offends people, too bad.</p><p> </p><p>I am a middle-aged Caucasian male. If the hijackings and terrorist acts were being committed by middle-aged Caucasian males, then as an airline passenger who wants to survive his flight I would <strong>want</strong> the TSA to profile middle-aged Caucasian males for security purposes. If that means I get singled out and spend a few extra minutes in a booth undergoing additional scrutiny, then so be it.</p><p> </p><p>The only reason we are using the body scanners and pat-downs on nuns and children and 75 yr old grandmothers in wheelchairs is to avoid the appearance of any sort of discrimination. It is an expensive and time-wasting excercise in political correctness that does nothing to enhance security or prevent terrorism.</p><p> </p><p>Boarding an aircraft is a <em>privelege</em>, not a right. Those who do not wish to be profiled or searched are free to rent a car or take a train or ship.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 785246, member: 14668"] On issues of national security, I tend to be rather pragmatic and have no interest in political correctness. Truly effective security would employ the use of aggressive profiling. If it offends people, too bad. I am a middle-aged Caucasian male. If the hijackings and terrorist acts were being committed by middle-aged Caucasian males, then as an airline passenger who wants to survive his flight I would [B]want[/B] the TSA to profile middle-aged Caucasian males for security purposes. If that means I get singled out and spend a few extra minutes in a booth undergoing additional scrutiny, then so be it. The only reason we are using the body scanners and pat-downs on nuns and children and 75 yr old grandmothers in wheelchairs is to avoid the appearance of any sort of discrimination. It is an expensive and time-wasting excercise in political correctness that does nothing to enhance security or prevent terrorism. Boarding an aircraft is a [I]privelege[/I], not a right. Those who do not wish to be profiled or searched are free to rent a car or take a train or ship. [/QUOTE]
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