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Six-year-old gets TSA patdown

Whovian said:
you realize it was a female TSA agent patting the girl down... right?
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Obviously a lesbian out to corrupt children with the gay agenda then.
 
I don't see the need to pat down a 6 year old. I disagree with patting down a 6 year old.

However, I watched the linked video and I believe the TSA officer was very polite and businesslike in the way she approached this. She made sure the mother was right there... she was polite and it appeared somewhat apologetic in demeanor... she explained slowly and carefully what she was about to do each time she touched the child... and I saw no groping, fondling, etc.

Essentially, I think the TSA officer made the best of a ****ty situation.
 
Whovian said:
I don't see the need to pat down a 6 year old. I disagree with patting down a 6 year old.

However, I watched the linked video and I believe the TSA officer was very polite and businesslike in the way she approached this. She made sure the mother was right there... she was polite and it appeared somewhat apologetic in demeanor... she explained slowly and carefully what she was about to do each time she touched the child... and I saw no groping, fondling, etc.

Essentially, I think the TSA officer made the best of a ****ty situation.
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And the child was wonderfully well behaved as well.

Mom gets a kudos for having such a fabulous child amid a ridiculous situation.
 
SE102 said:
In an unconventional war the ability to win could only be garnered by severe inhumane oppression a la commie-fascism.
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Only? There are no other tactics that could be used? Really? Yeah... no, there are other tactics. Also, if severe inhumane oppression is what it takes, then that is what it takes. Didn't stop us in good ol' WWII.

Because it's not a conventional war. Hello? There is no doing again something which is now different. It's not Nazi Germany.
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Right. Yeah. Got it. Not Nazi Germany. Understood. Different. Not the same. OK. It has now sunk in. Whew. Thanks.

Sorry for being absurd throughout this, but really, I could issue an automated response repeating a few points people don't seem to be able to get over or get around.
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This is not a preposition.

Why thank you, I certainly feel sparkly today. :)
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All that glitters does not shine... hey, so are you now ready to explain why we couldn't win?
 
Aunt Spiker said:
And the child was wonderfully well behaved as well.

Mom gets a kudos for having such a fabulous child amid a ridiculous situation.
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A ridiculous situation that is repeated daily and that has no business being conducted...
 
Bodhisattva said:
A ridiculous situation that is repeated daily and that has no business being conducted...
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unless of course the child is dressed thusly...
terrorist-kid.jpg
 
Dion said:
Hands down aviation is safe both technically
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Really?

2 583 03/27/1977 Tenerife, Canary Islands Pan Am / KLM B747 / B747
3 520 08/12/1985 Mt. Osutaka, Japan Japan Air Lines B747
4 349 11/12/1996 New Delhi, India Saudi / Kazastan B747 / Il76
5 346 03/03/1974 Bois d' Ermenonville, France Turkish Airlines DC10
6 329 06/23/1985 Atlantic Ocean West of Ireland Air India B747
7 301 08/19/1980 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Airlines L1011
8 290 07/03/1988 Persian Gulf Iran Air A300
9 275 02/19/2003 Shahdad, Iran Islamic Revolution's Guards Co. Il-76MD
10 273 05/25/1979 Chicago, Illinois American Airlines DC10
11 270 12/21/1988 Lockerbie, Scotland Pan American World Airways B747
12 269 09/01/1983 Sakhalin Island, Russia Korean Airlines B747
13 265 11/12/2001 Belle Harbor, Queens, New York American Airlines A300
14 264 04/26/1994 Komaki, Japan China Airlines A300
15 261 07/11/1991 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Nationair/charter Nigeria AW DC8
16 257 11/28/1979 Mt. Erebus, Antarctica Air New Zealand DC10
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That is just a few...

You explain to your cognitively aware children the reason ... and there is no harm. Your alarmist response will cause more harm.
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You don't explain the reason for a pat down to a 5 year-old, are you nuts? And how do you explain it to a toddler anyway? What's next... search a babies diaper? That could conceal more than that little girls shirt. Get serious. Do you even think before you type? :roll:

I will roam freely in a foreign country without fear.
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What a silly statement. Many countries are lawless wastelands. Go roam freely Juarez and get back to me...

Come on people ... those whining the loudest would also be finger pointing if crimes occurred inflight or worse ... hi jacking or a nosedive ... or explosion.
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I sure as hell wouldn't... anything else?

I fly often ... I was just through LAX and they worked to make a smooth yet safe process for travelers. I flown into the mideast, Asia, Central America, Western and Northern Europe. Everyone is cool except for a few who think the TSA actually wants to grope. Get over yourself!
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Did they pat down your child? If not, you can shut up at anytime...

Terrorists are not beneath using a child or grannie so everyone will go through security.
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You should have no problem pointing out the precedent then... I will just wait. Thanks!

It is a choice and privilege to fly ... if you do not like it ...use other transportation!
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A privilege? Is that a joke? Anybody can fly if they can pay. How is that a privilege?
 
Whovian said:
unless of course the child is dressed thusly...

terrorist-kid.jpg
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The day a kid shows up tot the airport like that with a real weapon, then we could discuss the pat down of kids...
 
apdst said:
I've given you an historical example of how to actually defeat the enemy. It's not my fault that you just don't get it.
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That was the last time we declared war too. Germany and Japan were nationalistic people who were thoroughly embarrassed not only because they lost the war, but by the actions of their governments. They consented to total defeat. So if you want to make this analogy, you need to declare war, embarrass an entire people, force their unconditional surrender, and then start building up.
 
thank god she came up clean. that kid looked dangerous.


"they who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. "

wise man Benjamin Franklin.
 
Kal'Stang said:
What do you expect when we have terrorists that use women and children as suicide bombers?

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They've used 6 y/o white girls from Hometown USA? No?

Tell ya what, when they do, then we can perceive them as being a threat. As Travelsonic points out, it's just common sense.
 
apdst said:
They've used 6 y/o white girls from Hometown USA? No?

Tell ya what, when they do, then we can perceive them as being a threat. As Travelsonic points out, it's just common sense.
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I'm sorry...I didn't realize that religion only comes in one color/race and only come from specific countries. :roll:
 
Kal'Stang said:
I'm sorry...I didn't realize that religion only comes in one color/race and only come from specific countries. :roll:
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Shfting the goal posts much?

The issue was the likelihood in the U.S of little kids being used as suicide bombers... >_<
 
Travelsonic said:
Shfting the goal posts much?

The issue was the likelihood in the U.S of little kids being used as suicide bombers... >_<
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Nope, not shifting the goals at all. If it happens in one corner of the globe why could it not happen in this little corner?

Prevention is about thinking of bad things that can happen and taking steps to avoid those bad things. Just knowing that a 6 year old can and would be patted down could deter a terrorist from using a 6 year old on a plane.
 
That worker touched that little girls butt. She should be put on a "No Child" list. Is it ok for a sex offender to molest people with the back of his hands?
 
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Yeah, these parents are so concerned for the privacy of their child... and yet they tape the whole thing and upload it to the internet for the whole world to see? Aren't Americans an interesting breed?

Don't get me wrong, I think it's absurd to pat down a six year old. But videotaping it and putting it on the internet is far more offensive than the act in question, and completely shatters any argument the parents have about the privacy and safety of their child. Disgusting, in my opinion.
 
Mustachio said:
Yeah, these parents are so concerned for the privacy of their child... and yet they tape the whole thing and upload it to the internet for the whole world to see? Aren't Americans an interesting breed?

Don't get me wrong, I think it's absurd to pat down a six year old. But videotaping it and putting it on the internet is far more offensive than the act in question, and completely shatters any argument the parents have about the privacy and safety of their child. Disgusting, in my opinion.
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I think they did this in hopes to gain support.
 
I've always said the TSA is a fear-based invasion of privacy that has failed miserably. I want it dead.

However, the film in question showed a truly professional, sensitive TSA agent (I didn't think they existed!) quietly explaining to the girl exactly what she was going to do before she did it, and the little girl was clearly not alarmed by the process... a process that nobody should have to endure, in my opinion.

I'd rather be sniffed by an explosive-detecting dog than subjected to the kinds of things that TSA agents have done to people, especially people with prosthetics and ostomy equipment.
 
apdst said:
How many Japanese and German terrorists were operating post-WW2?
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Quite a few Germans. It was not before late 1946 that the insurgency died out. Among the acts included bombings that killed hundreds and assassinations and so on. The allies were actually quite brutal in weeding out the insurgency.

Werwolf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quite a few crimes against humanity there by the allies by today's standards.

The Japanese were and are different. They pretty much submitted to allied occupation because their Emperor said they should.
 
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