By Christopher Hitchens
"I did not pay any attention to last week's feeble-minded attempt at a civilian-sponsored go-slow at airport security checkpoints. When the best that the children of a revolution can do for the defense of their inalienable protection against unwarranted search and seizure is to issue the pathetic moan, "Don't touch my junk," a low point of humiliation has been reached."
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That has to be one of the few things Hitchens has every written that I disagree with completely...
DDecent disagreement!
What do you disagree with? ... the fact that our response to the violation of our 4th Amendment rights was pathetic? ... That we are playing into the terrorists hands? ... That the DHS's response to each of these threats has been unimaginative and ineffective?
I can only say that the presentation of the fact we have had someone shove a bomb up their ass and that the TSA has been negligent in their response with the obligatory cavity search is worrisome ;-). Just wait ... I think they are working their way up to that.
As far as I am concerned, Christopher is dead on ... and I am becoming more and more embarrassed by my country.
Well it seemed to me that he was saying that the TSA needs more stringent and invasive security measures.
Instead of following what terrorists do, they ought to do things like random cavity searches now.
I think that Americans' Fourth Amendment rights and my (since I'm Canadian) Section 7 and 8 rights of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms have already been violated.
Admittedly, I may have read it wrong, but it seems to me he was asking for more violations...
I think Hitch meant that the countermeasures are pathetic.
Following Homeland's Security logic, people should now have their asses checked for bombs. And it doesn't need to end there...
What I don't get is why the critisizes the people that oppose this fruitless struggle. Isn't it a way of telling the officials that they're "doing it wrong"?
"Don't Be an Ass About Airport Security"
Achtung!
Assange!
Indeed.
Cappleman.
FGFM - having a good conversation there? ;-) ...
Carry on ..
Fuck off and check out my twitter, you half-caste bastard:
http://twitter.com/fgfm
Uptown!
What the Cappletroll!
Kids these days
"What I don't get is why the critisizes the people that oppose this fruitless struggle. Isn't it a way of telling the officials that they're "doing it wrong"?"
That's why I reckoned he was in favour of something else...but yeah, calling it pathetic was a bit mean, really.
How else does he propose we tell the government what to do?
We should do random body cavity searches. If you don't like it, then don't fly. We are talking about letting AQ dictate to us the terms or us actually trying to get the jump on them. If it means fewer flyers, higher prices then THAT is the price we pay for freedom. For you guys who say that it violates your rights... You would be correct only if you were somehow forced to fly by the Government, which you are not. Just because your boss makes you fly for work, or you fly while onn vacation does not mean you HAVE to go. if YOU CHOOSE to fly, you give up some rights. No one is taking your rights, you volunteer them away when you don't have to. Trying to have your cake and eat it too, makes you frequent flyers sound like spoiled children, who are surely going to be led to slaughter by the likes of AQ.
"Trying to have your cake and eat it too, makes you frequent flyers sound like spoiled children, who are surely going to be led to slaughter by the likes of AQ."
Don't be such a lesbian.
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