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BREAKING NEWS: Possible new TSA rules in effect after terror attempt {Gadling}
Dec 28th 2009 8:59AM Of course they're unaware of that.. Nothing bad has happened on a train (yet, in this country) so obviously trains are safe.
In our current security model, we only apply idiotic and useless security measures to things that have already happened. Once a train gets hit by a terrorist, we'll require equally useless measures on trains as well, not letting you get out of your seat, not letting you bring shampoo with you, and not letting you have a blanket because those are all things that terrorists have already done.
We need to realize... Terrorists dont play by the rules of our "civilized" society.. I would ask that everyone think back to their days in elementary school, when you learned about how a small number of American "freedom fighters" defeated large numbers of well equipped "red coats". They complained that we didn't fight "fair", we didn't take a tea at 3:00, and we didn't line up in square grids and march straight into them. We hid in the forests, shot them from behind, and won the war, one shot at a time. Now, the terrorists are doing the same thing, and rather than adjusting, we're complaining that they dont "fight by the rules".
Remember, history is written by the winner... If the terrorists win, they will be the "freedom fighters" in the new history books.
-Steve
BREAKING NEWS: Possible new TSA rules in effect after terror attempt {Gadling}
Dec 28th 2009 8:46AM @Sasha:
Your comments indicate to me that you are exactly the non-critical-thinker that these rules are aimed at appeasing.. You're all for the rules, but tell me, how is it that not letting me go to the bathroom during the last hour of flight, and not letting me have a blanket during the last hour of flight going to make you any safer? Wouldn't a terrorist simply do his work during an earlier phase of flight, or NOT follow the rules?
How is it helpful that a toddler can't drink from their bottle during the last hour of flight? Is that going to help? Having flown with toddlers, I can tell you that drinking from a bottle during descent can help aleviate the pain in their heads caused by the altitude changes during the descent and landing. Babies dont understand, and this is just ridiculous and cruel to the baby and the parent.
The way these rules seem to have been devised, they're akin to prohibiting red cars on a specific road, because yesterday, a red car got into an accident on that road.. It doesn't solve the problem, but it sure complicates the rules for all drivers of red cars.
The problem is, in this case, we're all "in red cars" and the rules stand to tie our hands and limit our freedoms, while doing absolutely NOTHING to provide real safety. It makes air travel more expensive, less convenient, take longer, all while frustrating passengers and providing you with a false sense of security and hurting the aviation industry.
I'd LOVE to hear how you feel that some of these rules are actually making us safer in the air...
-Steve
BREAKING NEWS: Possible new TSA rules in effect after terror attempt {Gadling}
Dec 28th 2009 8:21AM Absolutely agree.. We AGAIN are reacting just to react, to provide the illusion of increased security, while providing only irrelevant new restrictions which succeed only at making air travel increasingly less convenient, more expensive, and slower, at a time when our American aviation industry is suffering the most.
It used to be that the average American was just a lemming looking for the government to protect them, but increasingly, people are asking WHY are my freedoms being impacted, WHY is it costing me more, WHY is it taking me longer to get through the airport, and HOW exactly is forbiding me from reading a magazine or going to the bathroom during the last hour of a flight going to provide me more protection from the terrorists?
It seems to me that this plane was saved by quick thinking passengers and crew, and since it is impossible to know ahead of time what every terrorist MIGHT try, that may well be the best solution. I know the solution isn't to stop a toddler from drinking milk during the last hour of the flight... *IF* they're even allowed to carry it on.
Wake up, America - Your government; BOTH parties, has NO WAY to make you 100% safe... It's impossible, so we need to DEMAND to stop giving up rights in the name of safety...
-Steve
http://www.bothsidesarewrong.com
Lenovo X300 vs. Apple MacBook Air... Fight! {Engadget}
Feb 15th 2008 11:32AM @Matthew: Trying to impress strangers in the park instead of buying a laptop with a real business abilities like hooking up to a wired ethernet, or an optical drive, or being able to carry an extra battery... Hmm..
Can't argue with logic like that.. At least I could respect an opinion like "It's light enough to carry with me and I never use a DVD"..
How-to get Windows XP past the June 30th cutoff (or not) {Engadget}
Feb 5th 2008 2:26PM @makishima:
Cool! $50 and they'll come install Vista for me?! That's the BEST migration plan I've had yet.. I can sell the heck out of that! ;-)
Fourth undersea cable cut near UAE, suspicions rise {Engadget}
Feb 5th 2008 2:16PM Well, since we know the Internet us just about p0rn, I guess it just means that you'll have to wait by the mailbox for your issue of "hot girls in veils" in written form this month, since the online version isnt going to be available..
