[QUOTE="Tyrien, post: 5625833]According to the TSA's statement they gave her such a fuss because she didn't formally declare it up-front. Technically foul on her part but citizens shouldn't be required to jump through such hoops just to travel.[/QUOTE]
Because most definitely a pregnant woman who have forgot to declare her insulin is a fucking terrorist... I do agree agree about the hoops part.
Just insane that people stand for this treatment.
Because most definitely a pregnant woman who have forgot to declare her insulin is a fucking terrorist... I do agree agree about the hoops part.
Just insane that people stand for this treatment.
[QUOTE="Tutankhamun, post: 5625839]They could learn a thing or two from how security at airports in Israel[/QUOTE]
I already covered this in a post from several months ago - the Israeli airport infrastructure is _dinky_ compared to the US and they're able to do things that would cause air travel in (and out of) the US to come to a screeching halt.
I already covered this in a post from several months ago - the Israeli airport infrastructure is _dinky_ compared to the US and they're able to do things that would cause air travel in (and out of) the US to come to a screeching halt.
[QUOTE="Tutankhamun, post: 5625836]Because most definitely a pregnant woman who have forgot to declare her insulin is a fucking terrorist... I do agree agree about the hoops part.
Just insane that people stand for this treatment.[/QUOTE]
You can save me your sarcasm and disdain
I'm just trying to see this from the TSA's point of view. Given the context it does seem like a far stretch to assume a pregnant woman with insulin would be any kind of threat; however, I'm also taking into account that the common TSA agent is essentially conditioned to treat anything as "suspicious" and here the agent saw a woman who tried to "hide" a bottle of medication that while properly labelled could have been something else.
By all forms of rationale this is terrorism winning.
Just insane that people stand for this treatment.[/QUOTE]
You can save me your sarcasm and disdain
I'm just trying to see this from the TSA's point of view. Given the context it does seem like a far stretch to assume a pregnant woman with insulin would be any kind of threat; however, I'm also taking into account that the common TSA agent is essentially conditioned to treat anything as "suspicious" and here the agent saw a woman who tried to "hide" a bottle of medication that while properly labelled could have been something else.
By all forms of rationale this is terrorism winning.
Infrastructure can be expanded, I think it would work but they don't want to make your travel easier, they just want to take away your civil rights.
[QUOTE="Tyrien, post: 5625842]You can save me your sarcasm and disdain
I'm just trying to see this from the TSA's point of view. Given the context it does seem like a far stretch to assume a pregnant woman with insulin would be any kind of threat; however, I'm also taking into account that the common TSA agent is essentially conditioned to treat anything as "suspicious" and here the agent saw a woman who tried to "hide" a bottle of medication that while properly labelled could have been something else.
By all forms of rationale this is terrorism winning.[/QUOTE]
Agreed, these so called "terrorist" wanted to take a way the Western way of life and they have succeeded.
[QUOTE="Tyrien, post: 5625842]You can save me your sarcasm and disdain
I'm just trying to see this from the TSA's point of view. Given the context it does seem like a far stretch to assume a pregnant woman with insulin would be any kind of threat; however, I'm also taking into account that the common TSA agent is essentially conditioned to treat anything as "suspicious" and here the agent saw a woman who tried to "hide" a bottle of medication that while properly labelled could have been something else.
By all forms of rationale this is terrorism winning.[/QUOTE]
Agreed, these so called "terrorist" wanted to take a way the Western way of life and they have succeeded.
[QUOTE="Tutankhamun, post: 5625844]Infrastructure can be expanded, I think it would work but they don't want to make your travel easier, they just want to take away your civil rights.
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You didn't read that correctly. The US infrastructure (size, roadways in/out, people, parking, flights, etc.) is huge and as such the model being used by Israel just isn't applicable (they have _ONE_ main international airport that does less traffic than just Orlando...). They use profiling and spend significant time with one-on-one interviewing.
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You didn't read that correctly. The US infrastructure (size, roadways in/out, people, parking, flights, etc.) is huge and as such the model being used by Israel just isn't applicable (they have _ONE_ main international airport that does less traffic than just Orlando...). They use profiling and spend significant time with one-on-one interviewing.
[QUOTE="Tutankhamun, post: 5625839]They could learn a thing or two from how security at airports in Israel, they have a bigger terrorist issue than the U.S ever had and they don't have these types of measures to harass their citizens.[/QUOTE]
That sounds doable for the millions of airline passengers in the US daily.
Even if we just singled out international travelers, that would still be at least several hundred thousand passengers daily.
Israel can afford to undertake such measures when all the surrounding countries want to destroy it.
Not only is it financially and logistically impossible to do that on a nationwide basis, it would also infringe on peoples rights. (even more so than the current system).
That sounds doable for the millions of airline passengers in the US daily.
Even if we just singled out international travelers, that would still be at least several hundred thousand passengers daily.
Israel can afford to undertake such measures when all the surrounding countries want to destroy it.
Not only is it financially and logistically impossible to do that on a nationwide basis, it would also infringe on peoples rights. (even more so than the current system).