tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post3790863813009190072..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: As many of you prepare to get your travel on…Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-21131764257814541002010-11-19T17:48:19.644-06:002010-11-19T17:48:19.644-06:00Right on, as usual.
I blogged something similar a...Right on, as usual.<br /><br />I blogged something similar at my LJ a couple of nights ago:<br /><br />http://elusis.livejournal.com/2141915.html<br /><br />Then I was asked to re-blog it for California NOW, which gave me a chance to expand and clarify a bit:<br /><br />http://www.canow.org/canoworg/2010/11/civil-liberties-now-with-more-privileged-people.html<br /><br />I guess it's now made it onto Bruce Schneier's blog, Shakesville, and Boing Boing (where the comments instantly gave me brain cancer due to over-use of the word "cynical" and several condescending, sexist remarks right out of the gate.)Elusishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381645480092082777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-63225661735043991072010-11-19T16:19:38.355-06:002010-11-19T16:19:38.355-06:00Julie, does El Al - an excellent example - use thi...Julie, does El Al - an excellent example - use this technology? <br /><br />No. <br /><br />It's one thing to be inconvenienced for safety; quite another to be inconvenienced (or worse) for security theater designed to placate without protecting.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991227879272397253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-40382217415365954292010-11-19T15:49:38.328-06:002010-11-19T15:49:38.328-06:00Perhaps Mossad should be in charge of the TSA? ;)...Perhaps Mossad should be in charge of the TSA? ;)Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354374969425621429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-11915530669661314092010-11-19T12:21:25.235-06:002010-11-19T12:21:25.235-06:00http://jezebel.com/5693483/what-the-tsa-screenings...http://jezebel.com/5693483/what-the-tsa-screenings-mean-for-sexual-assault-survivors?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+jezebel%2Ffull+%28Jezebel%29&utm_content=Google+Reader<br /><br /><br />"feeling safe" means different things for different people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-69780370788796230022010-11-19T09:10:34.521-06:002010-11-19T09:10:34.521-06:00Good that you mention El Al, because they apply th...Good that you mention El Al, because they apply their security measure to every passenger and they get folks through, on average, in 30 minutes.Shark-Fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1734850757241277312010-11-19T07:49:12.447-06:002010-11-19T07:49:12.447-06:00You know, all of this drama over the pat downs vs....You know, all of this drama over the pat downs vs. the "walk thru MRI" is annoying the hell out of me. People want to feel safe while flying but not actually BE safe? Safety in the air is demanded until it becomes and inconvenience?<br /><br />Last year, while traveling through Heathrow and Schipol airports, I was put through and witnessed tighter military and airport security (flying in and out of foreign countries) than I have ever gone through in the US.<br /><br />I wear an insulin pump for type 1 diabetes. I have to carry medical supplies with me because of that. They cannot be x-rayed. In the long lines at Heathrow security checkpoints, I was scanned and my insulin pump taken off of my body and scanned in the electronic bomb sniffer dog for C4 and other explosives. My insulin supplies gone through piece by piece....all while the British Military are tromping around the airport with automatic rifles at the ready (same in Amsterdam).<br /><br />I did not complain about all of this security. In fact, I felt a whole lot better about getting onto the plane to cross the Atlantic.<br /><br />Yet, flyers in the US are inconvenienced just a tad and all hell breaks loose? Try flying into or out of Israel on El Al Airlines. THAT is security!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354374969425621429noreply@blogger.com