All your mentally ill children are belong to us

[measl at mfn.org]

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Nomen Nescio wrote:

> Marc de Piolenc wrote:
> > Nomen Nescio wrote:
> > > And yet we expect airport screeners to ignore past acts of terrorism
> > > by a wild-eyed fanatic boarding a plan, 
> >
> > I don't recall anybody being required to do that. Quite a stretch,
> > unless you can cite an example.
> 
> Read this from Tim May, November 3:
> 
>    It really is no business of government to know the identities of those 
>    whose bags/etc.  they are checking. Having government able to single out 
>    some travellers for special processing is a recipe for this kind of 
>    mischief.
> 
>    BTW, the _wrong_ tack to take would be some argument about a "right to 
>    travel," some over-ruling of Southwest's or United's right to pick its 
>    customers as it wishes. The preferred approach should be to have no ID 
>    at the _security_ checkpoint and to not have any laws requiring ID tied 
>    to tickets.
> 
> He suggests having no ID or other history information available to
> help screeners make their decision, nothing but whatever clues can be
> gleaned in the brief moments available.  Anybody want to fly *those*
> friendly skies?

I will.  As long as the folks on my flight have been screened for
weaponry, I don't give a fuck if they ar Pol Pot, Georgie Bush (I/II), or
OJ Simpson.

Even mass murderers (like the above list) should be able to fly if they
are weapon-free.  How would knowing Bush's _identity_ help to prevent him
from killing people?

-- 
Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org

If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
first place...
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