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Isla Guapa
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chaiplz
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Aw, poor thing 
The procedure needs to be modified for children, but it does need to be there. There are evil people in this world who would use a child to carry dangerous items if they knew that kids were exempt or not as closely searched.
It's messed up. |
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spiral78
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I thought she looked pretty shady, for a six-year-old  |
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Sashadroogie
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| Never ever trust a six-year-old... most spirits need to be at least 12 hic |
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Kornan DeKobb
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| chaiplz wrote: |
Aw, poor thing
The procedure needs to be modified for children, but it does need to be there. There are evil people in this world who would use a child to carry dangerous items if they knew that kids were exempt or not as closely searched.
It's messed up. |
What you said sure is! By your logic, let's just put cameras in everyone's homes so we can be sure that people are not committing crimes. Do the words "probable cause" have any meaning for you?
Since when does my use of an airplane mean I must give up my rights to be free from suspicion and that I must let my kids be sexually assaulted by strange government employees?
Creeping creepy government fascism has crept too far already. |
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spiral78
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Why do people think children should be sheltered from the real world? As chaiplz points out, there are people in the world who would use any means to carry out a terrorist attack, and aircraft are obviously notorious targets for them.
What's so difficult about explaining to your child that airport security is there to keep us safe, and that they sometimes check both adults and children? I don't see why it's considered so terribly traumatic - it's all about the spin the responsible adults put on it.
C'mon- doctors touch children and adults for the same reasons -to keep us safe.
It's a reasonable precaution in the realms of health and safety. |
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Kornan DeKobb
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| spiral78 wrote: |
Why do people think children should be sheltered from the real world? As chaiplz points out, there are people in the world who would use any means to carry out a terrorist attack, and aircraft are obviously notorious targets for them.
What's so difficult about explaining to your child that airport security is there to keep us safe, and that they sometimes check both adults and children? I don't see why it's considered so terribly traumatic - it's all about the spin the responsible adults put on it.
C'mon- doctors touch children and adults for the same reasons -to keep us safe.
It's a reasonable precaution in the realms of health and safety. |
Children should not be sheltered from the real world for too long. That is why one should begin to explain at the level appropriate for them that their freedom is valuable and they should resist efforts, such as these unnecessary patdowns, to take it away.
Sorry, but I don't have the time to decondition you from your police state mentality.
For one thing, I choose to go to the doctor and can refuse if I want to. Simply not flying is not a viable option in today's world.
Now be a good German, get in line, and shut up. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| What's so difficult about explaining to your child that airport security is there to keep us safe, and that they sometimes check both adults and children? I don't see why it's considered so terribly traumatic - it's all about the spin the responsible adults put on it. |
You're probably right with this viewpoint for parents. My concern as a parent is that you spend so much time teaching your children what inappropriate touching is and to report it, yet here it is at the airport. If I were in the situation with my daughter as described in the article, I am fairly certain I would cause an incident unable to contain myself. |
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Kornan DeKobb
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| What's so difficult about explaining to your child that airport security is there to keep us safe, and that they sometimes check both adults and children? I don't see why it's considered so terribly traumatic - it's all about the spin the responsible adults put on it. |
You're probably right with this viewpoint for parents. My concern as a parent is that you spend so much time teaching your children what inappropriate touching is and to report it, yet here it is at the airport. If I were in the situation with my daughter as described in the article, I am fairly certain I would cause an incident unable to contain myself. |
I'm shocked the parent in the video didn't go nuts. |
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