tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post3226507213121401733..comments2023-12-18T03:16:30.455-07:00Comments on Merle's Secular Life: Merle Sneedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228809667893921954noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-74318841726275752072010-01-05T15:32:47.642-07:002010-01-05T15:32:47.642-07:00I look forward to full-body scans and hope for fut...I look forward to full-body scans and hope for future Nudist Flights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-4178800760473397792010-01-05T09:13:09.941-07:002010-01-05T09:13:09.941-07:00Airport security, as I've experienced it, is a...Airport security, as I've experienced it, is absolutely random. I doubt that further measures will really help truly protect us.<br /><br />It's interesting to me that humiliation is equated with being made to feel safe. Bizarre.<br /><br />I'm just glad I hardly ever fly.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-50454922390788394012010-01-05T09:11:59.161-07:002010-01-05T09:11:59.161-07:00Interesting insight.Interesting insight.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076973960956565537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-4890960345788034592010-01-05T04:31:08.146-07:002010-01-05T04:31:08.146-07:00Ah, I see what you're saying, and you're r...Ah, I see what you're saying, and you're right -- smarter policing would be a better idea than imposing increasingly invasive screening methods on everyone. (I personally don't mind the body scan machine, though.)<br /><br />Airport screening really is more about psychological reassurance than anything. If a terrorist wants to get on board a plane, he or she can figure out how to do it -- you just gotta hope it's not your plane.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-47272597091729627172010-01-04T20:05:29.889-07:002010-01-04T20:05:29.889-07:00It would be interesting to know how many other foi...It would be interesting to know how many other foiled attempts at terrorism are somehow thwarted. I'm sure we don't hear about all of them. <br /><br />Let's face it: Most everyone in the security business is playing the CYA game these days. They don't want to be the one who let the jerk through who blew something up. So the rest of us poor innocents have to pay the price and prove our innocence over and over and over. It doesn't get much worse than what I have to go through with an artificial hip that sets off the detectors about 50% of the time. I am mildly concerned that it doesn't happen every time.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-39404882035467877272010-01-04T17:52:38.449-07:002010-01-04T17:52:38.449-07:00NO NO NO!!!
I absolutely refuse to take my undies ...NO NO NO!!!<br />I absolutely refuse to take my undies off in the airport. Some one will read your blog Merle and think what a fantastic ( and I use the word deliberately) idea it is and before we know it it will be international law.<br />Ms Soupalphabet souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11744905399607433764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-39357281668745147922010-01-04T14:28:36.887-07:002010-01-04T14:28:36.887-07:00Why do we react rather than act? The last time I f...Why do we react rather than act? The last time I flew anywhere was in 2004, and it was chaotic. Boarding passengers were using the shoe checking machine, which beeped or went off or whatever at an alarming rate, but no one checked the alarm sound. Go figure.tut-tuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713003038275525797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-29691904937132479072010-01-04T14:06:24.276-07:002010-01-04T14:06:24.276-07:00Finding the terrorists is like finding a needle in...Finding the terrorists is like finding a needle in a haystack. This last one pretty much phoned it in and barely got caught.<br /><br />All I know is that here in upper northern California, is that when they had to stop profiling drug traffickers on the I-5 corridor, busts went way down.Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.com