By
J.S. Tuttle
J.S. Tuttle is a guest writer. His views and opinions are not necessarily those of “A Hollywood Republican”.
So it looks as though the American public has found a new subject to whine and complain about; the new full body scanners popping up at airports across the United States. Like spoiled little brats flyers are complaining that these machines are too intrusive, that the fuzzy gray image is pornographic and shows too much. Well that’s the idea isn’t it? To make sure no one gets on the plane that is hiding anything suspicious. It’s not like anyone is forcing you to walk through those machines. You can still submit to the “pat down”. But wait; now you’re complaining about that too. That’s too up close and personal. HELLO???? Is anybody home? What do you want TSA to do? Shake your hand and say, “Thanks for flying the friendly skies of America. Hope you reach your destination.”
Oh, I forgot you want them to start racial profiling. Who should they be looking for? Anyone wearing a turban, a beard or is brown skinned? How about pulling everyone aside who has a foreign passport or better yet a passport from the Middle East. Like passports can’t be forged.
You whining, cry babies act like flying is a right not a privilege. Well you have that wrong too. It is a privilege that you pay for and a privilege that comes with terms and restriction you knew about when you bought your ticket. Let’s look at this a little more closely. The dictionary describes rights as follows:
Legal, social, or moral freedoms to act or refrain from acting, or entitlements to be acted upon or not acted upon.
The dictionary describes a privilege as…
A special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all.
So we all have the right to fly but since everyone can’t afford to do it this right turns into a privilege. And privileges come with terms and conditions.
But let’s take this one step further. No one is forcing anyone to get a full body scan or a pat down. You can opt not to fly if this bothers you too much. You can drive; take a train or an ocean liner to your destination. But wait that would be too inconvenient and too slow. I want to get there NOW and spend my hard earned American dollars over seas. Then my advice to you is “buck up”, deal with it and stop screwing around with the safety of the rest of us.
A lot of people are comparing our security measures to that of Israel. What they fail to mention is that Israel only has 7 airports, the US has 14,957 airports. Big difference. Where are we to find the trained personnel to do the job as well as Israeli Security? Wait….we’ll just borrow more money from China and hire a private security firm to do it. Oopps..the deficit just went over 16 Trillion.
The thing that really baffles me is why are people complaining so much about procedures that make the sky’s safer. True, the scanners can’t see everything but they are better than the antiquated metal detectors; and if you’ve never been involved in a felony traffic stop I am sure the completeness of a pat down will surprise you. But they are necessary tools for todays world. A world that is a very dangerous place, with people out there trying to kill you, personally. Those of you out there that complain about ever little inconvenience the terrible, nasty TSA puts you through are just giving the terrorist a better shot at succeeding. The sad part is when they take you down they’ll probably take a couple of hundred others with you too.
“Thank you for flying the friendly skies and please keep your seatbelts on…It’s going to be a very bumpy ride.”
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What really bothers me is that El Al airlines of Israel says that these intrusive methods do little against terrorism. They do observation & haven’t had an incident in over 8 years. The ACLU & bleeding heart liberals won’t allow that because they would cry “racial profiling” much like they did for the AZ SB1070 bill. Everything is Racial. Isn’t it amazing what we are being subjected to “for our own good” and to be PC?
Beccie in this country racial profiling is against the law. It’s funny how you’re willing to circumvent a law designed to protect Americans from descrimination but not accept those security measures put in place to protect you. Sorry I’m not buying it. Tuttle
Beccie in this country racial profiling is against the law. It’s funny how you’re willing to circumvent a law designed to protect Americans from descrimination but not accept those security measures put in place to protect you. Sorry I’m not buying it. Tuttle
If Israel doesn’t do it???? We are trying to make a logical decision here. Will this work or is just a waste of everyone’s time and money????? OH sorry, this is the Federal Government we are talking about. Would we expect anything less of them. They are Professionals at wasting other people’s money!!!!!
Racial profiling is against the law in this country. You guys were all for it when the law was passed now you want to circumnavigate it because you don’t want to go through a body scanner or a pat down. According to several network news organisations most of the country could care less about the scanners or the pat down. Suck it up and stop whining already. Tuttle
Seriously? The 4th amendment means so little to you? Obviously in Hollywood, as in Washington, Republican means something vastly different than it does to the remainder of the country. Instead of competent, trained security personnel, we have inept, hired off a pizza box security thespians. The reason El Al has not had a successful takeover of an airplane since 1968 has everything to do with the quality of the security implemented, most of which is nowhere near as invasive as what we are being asked to tolerate, as well as the training of the individual agents. The TSA is becoming some kind of magic talisman held up as the great protector of airline safety, when all it really accomplishes is the further indoctrination into big brotherhood of the entire country.
The real elite have no need of going through the same security theater us proles must endure, and I sincerely hope that the views of this guest are not shared by the rest of those on this site.
Everyone who gets on an airplane is suspect. That gives them the probable cause they need to secure our flying. It’s no different than being pulled over by a police office just because you fit the description of someone they are looking for. And it has nothing to do with being in Hollywood or California it has to do with in flight safety. If you don’t like the rules don’t fly. Drive, take a train or swim but don’t try to screw around with the safety of the rest of us.