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You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected?
dpbsmith asks: "One thing I've noticed is that the people who are told by the TSA that they have been 'randomly' selected for baggage inspection have a tendency not to believe it. I know one couple whose wife has been 'randomly' selected four times, while the husband never has been. The wife believes that it is because each of those times, she was traveling by herself, without checked baggage, (whereas she has never been inspected when traveling with her husband with checked baggage). In 'Uncommon Carriers', John McPhee accompanied a truck driver to write about the experience, and bought a trucker's cap to blend in. He says 'I would pay for my freedom at the Seattle-Tacoma airport when, with a one-way ticket bought the previous day, I would arrive to check in my baggage.' His baggage was 'randomly' selected for inspection, and later he was 'once again "randomly selected" for a shoes-off, belt-rolled, head-to-toe frisk.' So, what about it? Is the TSA simply flat-out lying when they tell you that you have been 'randomly selected?'" The better question to ask is: "Are random searches effective in keeping everyone safe?"
> Muslims are not terrorists.
Ahh, but so far all the terrorists have been Muslim. So are you saying there should be *zero* connection made in screening? Isn't to just ignore religion and race just a way of sticking your fingers in your ears and shouting "I can't hear you!" to the reality of those who want us (Americans) all dead? Sorry to rain on your parade, but there is a segment of the world population that wants to murder you and your family. That small segment happens to be Muslim.
If the Muslims who are *not* terrorists would take some action to get rid of the bad apples in their own bowl, then perhaps we wouldn't have this problem. But so far I really haven't seen any wide Muslim condemnation of the acts of the terrorists. Until that happens, then sorry if I make connections based on HISTORY. Stop ignoring reality because it doesn't fit with your politically-correct fantasy world.
Sorry to rant, but ignorance like you've spouted really frustrates me. Welcome to the real world.
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That's stupid. Why is it their purpose to harass you? What do they stand to gain? The only thing they'll get from this is bad PR. And how does that help them?
I agree that the TSA cannot keep us safe because 100% safe air travel is impossible. So the next best thing is the perception of safety. If the public feels safe, then that's good enough.
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>> Profiling by race and religion flies in the face of everything we've struggled to achieve in the last century. I think it was Martin Luther King who said:
o r-leave-patriots" have been blowing up planes? You can't search everyone, so make each search count.
>> I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
First, who cares what MLK said? His best contribution was a federal holiday.
Second, it's called 'profiling' because the suspects fit a given 'profile'. How many folks fitting the profile of "red-blooded-NRA-card-carrying-love-this-country-
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I'm sorry we exist and don't believe in Allah.
Because if we either convert to islam or cease to exist then they won't kill us.
Oh wait, islamic types kill each other over tiny differences- even taking each other out of hospitals and shooting us in the head.
I guess our option is to just cease to exist.
Could there be any other option? I'm thinking hard here...
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
Yes there are.
I'm not christian.
Christians are a hell of a lot safer for my existance than most muslim types.
I've both worked directly with "nice" muslims and done a lot of reading about them.
They are some of the most dangerous 1.3billion people in the history of the planet in my opinion as an atheist/agnostic.
The russians and chinese were at least sane.
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
Fact: GOOD POLICE WORK AND CUSTOMS INSPECTION have prevented a number of plots from going forward.
Fact: The TSA is pure, unadulterated FASCIST BULLSHIT PR NONSENSE for people to think the .gov is actually doing something about terror. It is also a way for the Bush Administration to jerk people around with their idiotic colour coded terror alert system.
WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
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Shoes for Industry. Shoes for the Dead.
No of course I don't have to convert-- I do have to pay extra taxes, have less rights than islamics, and I'm generally cut off from having a decent life-- I'd rather not be a dhimmi thanks just the same.
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Of course as a non-believer, it would be more like:
http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/islamwhitewash
At least I'm not a woman.
And of course this is my likely fate under a "gentle" quran...
"Then when the Sacred Months (the 1st, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar) have passed, then kill the Mushrikoon (idolaters, polytheists, pagans, the disbelievers in the Oneness of God, etc) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush. But if they repent [by rejecting Shirk (polytheism) and accept Islamic Monotheism] and perform As-Salaah (Iqaamat-as-Salaah), and give Zakaah, then leave their way free. Verily, Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful". (Quran 9:5)
The Bible has a lot to say about bearing false witness: God is against it. False witnesses, the Bible says, will not go unpunished. For those who fear God, the warnings and admonitions about bearing false witness are serious--and they act as a check against the human tendency to lie and spread malicious gossip. That's why we take oaths.
The Quran has a helpful verse on this: "Truly Allah guides not one who transgresses and lies." Surah 40:28
However from here:
http://www.islamreview.com/articles/lyingprint.htm
However, unlike most religions, within Islam there are certain provisions under which lying is not simply tolerated, but actually encouraged. The book "The spirit of Islam," by the Muslim scholar, Afif A. Tabbarah was written to promote Islam. On page 247, Tabbarah stated: "Lying is not always bad, to be sure; there are times when telling a lie is more profitable and better for the general welfare, and for the settlement of conciliation among people, than telling the truth. To this effect, the Prophet says: 'He is not a false person who (through lies) settles conciliation among people, supports good or says what is good."
Provisions for lying in Islam
Most Muslims are familiar with the principles of Islam that will justify lying in situations where they sense the need to do so. Among these are:
* War is deception.
* The necessities justify the forbidden.
* If faced by two evils, choose the lesser of the two.
" Allah will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths, but He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food of your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that is beyond your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths ye have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth Allah make clear to you His signs, that ye may be grateful." Surah 5:89
"Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness (vain) in your oaths, but for the intention in your hearts; and He is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing." Surah 2:225
"Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief, except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful Penalty." Surah 16: 106
The noted Islamic commentator, Al-Tabary explained Surah 16:106 as a verse that had been revealed to Mohammed after he learned that Ammar Ibn Yasser was forced to deny his faith in Mohammed when kidnapped by the Banu Moghera tribe. Mohammed consoled Ammar by telling him, "If they turned, you turn." (Meaning: if they again capture you, you are allowed to deny me again.)
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She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.