Mikey wrote:The likelihood of any swarthy looking male of hijacking an airplane under current conditions is pretty close to 0%.
First of all, it isn't merely hijacking that is the concern, all they'd need to do is smuggle explosive components on board. Do you think the "No liquids on board" restriction was a joke? Britain is currently monitoring somewhere around 30 suspected terrorist plots. We have a border anyone can cross undetected if they plan well. It is known that there are sleeper cells in the US. There are dozens of small airports where security isn't so great. That yankees pitcher had no trouble flying into a skyscraper in NY. If you fly at all you know the security restrictions are still very strict. If we were safe, that shit would not be needed. Do you think the airlines want to risk another 9-11 by becoming lax? I know enough not to do anything that might cause disruption, and if I'm stupid enough to do so, I would expect to be tossed.
Obviously not, since any swarthy looking individual acting at all "unusual" in an airport presents a mortal threat to our national security.
Anyone, swarthy or not, acting unusual in an airport is an idiot and should be escorted out to the curb. They've closed down LAX in the past because some fuckhead left a briefcase on a bench even though there are signs everywhere NOT to leave luggage unattended, and another closing was due to some other tard jumping a turnstyle into a restricted area because he was late for his plane.
Or are you attempting to suggest that Muslims are no longer trying to attack us?
The ones in the article at the top of the thread weren't.
Doesn't matter. They were asked to leave, they refused. The airline has the right to boot them.
If the Muslims are trying to attack us then we must not be safe.
So we must do everything we can to reduce that possibility.
This has nothing to do with the government, or violation of civil liberties. The Airline, as a privately run company, has the right to remove any passengers they consider a danger or disruption to normal flight operations. This includes morbidly overweight people, unbathed people, drunks, disruptive or threatening people, and the catch all group who the airlines decide should be removed for "security reasons".
Since 9-11 the airlines have quite a lot of liberty in this regard. Besides that, a business has the right to refuse service to anyone, for whatever reason they decide. I could get in a verbal argument in a restaurant
and they have the right to kick me out.
This isn't about squashing individual freedoms. They weren't arrested, they weren't detained, they weren't charged. Plus, there are other airlines.
