so, how long until an incident occurs involving a child

[OKIE-CARBINE]

i am fed up with all this damn TSA talk. so, how long until an incident occurs in defiance of the airport screenings? in particular, involving a child. i know its not something we want to see, but you know as well as i do, there are terrorists out there who would like nothing more than to see a child blow up a plane or similar destruction and devastation.

now, my conspiracy side comes out: what if the tsa puts together a situation in which this incident occurs just to force their agenda and get their way with the american people?

i dont know, maybe china could strap a kid to another icbm and send it across our skies...

 

[OKIE-CARBINE]

oh another thing that just popped into my weird little mind...

what if this is just a ploy to bankrupt the airlines? not sure why they would want to, but it seems plausible. i am sure a LOT of people are going to stop flying because of this mess.

 

[z06man]

Most of them have been bankrupt for quite some time.

 

[ZombieHunter]

Most likely it is to gain some sort of Intel into how and what they can get away with in the name of "security".

They know now that they can scan our entire body without so much as a peep from the sheeple. The dissenters will be dealt with accordingly by being added to no fly lists.

 

[sigsilly]

The way I look at it if you want to be safe, people should hush up about security measures at airports.
Or ride a train instead of an airplane.
And as far as terrorists using a child, they've been doing it in Afghanistan and Iraq to kill American soldiers for several years now. Lots of kids have been wired with remote IEDs to ambush soldiers.

 

[WhiteyMacD]

The way I look at it if you want to be safe, people should hush up about security measures at airports.
Or ride a train instead of an airplane.
And as far as terrorists using a child, they've been doing it in Afghanistan and Iraq to kill American soldiers for several years now. Lots of kids have been wired with remote IEDs to ambush soldiers.

The amount of attacks prevented does not add up to more than the successful attacks that occured in the 80s. Yet in the 80s we didnt have all the screening.

Ill never stop flying, I HATE TO DRIVE!

 

[Cinaet]

An incident involving a child? Here or worldwide? Old news in some parts of the world. Probably sooner than later here in the US of A.

As for airport screening here in our country and the whole 'touch my junk' comedy/media circus, what we go through here is nothing compared to other parts of the world. We're a bunch of whining babies. The same people raising cane about having their junk scanned and touched will be the first to crybaby when, not if, the next terrorist incident goes down.

 

[sigsilly]

The amount of attacks prevented does not add up to more than the successful attacks that occured in the 80s. Yet in the 80s we didnt have all the screening.

Ill never stop flying, I HATE TO DRIVE!

I don't know how you figure something was prevented that didn't happen.
In the late 60s we had numerous planes hijacked to Cuba - the reason for screening and airport security to begin with.
How many plane hijackings to Cuba have been prevented by the security since then?
You can't put an accurate quantity to that.

 

[Old Fart]

I want one of those big muscled up Russian immigrant women to do my pat down.

All stupid remarks aside I'd have a real problem with some weido patting down one of my G'kids.
I'd be videoing it in case I wanted to press charges later.

 

[waltham41]

This is easy for me to say since I dont fly.... but if all of this crap prevents 1 terrorist incident, isnt it worth it?

1 incident doesnt sound like a lot, but I assure you it would be a big deal to those on board and their families.