The whole thing is a farce…..But if everyone is to be searched because we are all equally dangerous, then the child is as much of a risk as anyone (if only because forbidden material could be secreted on the childs body).
Until we decide that the TSA is wasting time and money and inconveniencing folks for little gain, then this sort of thing will keep happening….and should. At least until we actually begin looking at the real risk of who is flying and their risk to the other passengers. It’s not ludicrous to think that the kid could have an explosive panted on him/her. Now the question is whether the adult carrying the child is a risk…..And until we begin looking at which pasengers are actually a risk, we are wasting time being PC…
Maybe you haven’t heard of a little film called Baby Geniuses? Yeah, they exist. And if the terrorists get their hands on just one of the Baby Geniuses…end times.
I’m just wondering when they get stupid enough to put the baby on the Conveyor Belt and slid the kid through the X-Ray Machine. You just know there’s some ‘tard working for them who’ll try it one day.
The sad thing is, it wouldn’t be the baby who was smuggling something illegal through those gates. It would be an adult who thought that using a baby for such evil gain would be a good idea. Unfortunately, our society has brought such necessary safety precautions onto ourselves.
Considering that it is all but impossible to take over a plane like they did on 9/11 anymore, the only thing left is bombs… Unless we start doing cavity searches, you cannot prevent all forms of bomb smuggling and current detection devices do not work well for detecting bombs. So why the hell are they doing a search like this?
Nick–even if the mother was smuggling something, she wouldn’t put it in the baby’s diaper. See above re: cavity searches and “nobody’s gonna try to do a 9/11 again thanks to the reinforced cockpit doors, air marshals, pilots with guns, and pilots with better situational awareness”.
This isn’t making anyone safer. It’s making us all less likely to travel.
Quick hint for the stupid–the most at risk people in the world for this sort of thing, El Al, don’t bother with this sort of security theatre, and are frankly laughing their asses off at us.
They wisely look for the behavioral profile of the problem causer and don’t mess with racial/ethno profiling and baby butt searches. It works a helluva lot better, as their record indicates.
Abuse like in that photo is the primary reason I recently drove from Detroit to San Diego and back, rather than flying, to take my son to Legoland. If we’d have flown, I’d be sitting in jail right now because I’d have dismembered a pederast in a TSA costume when he attempted to fondle my kid.
I just drove from North Carolina to Texas and back (1050 miles each way) because of this crap. Not afraid of anyone touching my junk, but refuse to support the theatrics anymore.
May 9th, 2011 at 11:13 am
Face + Palm
May 9th, 2011 at 11:41 am
Look at the dirty grin on the TSA guys face. Bet he answered the Ad that said look at nude pictures of kids in the job profile.
May 9th, 2011 at 11:54 am
The whole thing is a farce…..But if everyone is to be searched because we are all equally dangerous, then the child is as much of a risk as anyone (if only because forbidden material could be secreted on the childs body).
Until we decide that the TSA is wasting time and money and inconveniencing folks for little gain, then this sort of thing will keep happening….and should. At least until we actually begin looking at the real risk of who is flying and their risk to the other passengers. It’s not ludicrous to think that the kid could have an explosive panted on him/her. Now the question is whether the adult carrying the child is a risk…..And until we begin looking at which pasengers are actually a risk, we are wasting time being PC…
May 9th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Maybe you haven’t heard of a little film called Baby Geniuses? Yeah, they exist. And if the terrorists get their hands on just one of the Baby Geniuses…end times.
May 9th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
The purpose of the TSA isn’t to keep us safe; it’s to teach us to be obedient to the state.
May 9th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Holy crap, imagine if that baby was an amputee! They’d have to evacuate the entire airport.
May 9th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
And everyone wonders why I won’t fly. The terrorists have won. I gotta start drinking again.
May 9th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Too bad the kid did not crap himself during examination.. They would know the meaning of terror then.
May 9th, 2011 at 2:26 pm
I’m just wondering when they get stupid enough to put the baby on the Conveyor Belt and slid the kid through the X-Ray Machine. You just know there’s some ‘tard working for them who’ll try it one day.
May 9th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
The sad thing is, it wouldn’t be the baby who was smuggling something illegal through those gates. It would be an adult who thought that using a baby for such evil gain would be a good idea. Unfortunately, our society has brought such necessary safety precautions onto ourselves.
May 9th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Considering that it is all but impossible to take over a plane like they did on 9/11 anymore, the only thing left is bombs… Unless we start doing cavity searches, you cannot prevent all forms of bomb smuggling and current detection devices do not work well for detecting bombs. So why the hell are they doing a search like this?
May 9th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Nick–even if the mother was smuggling something, she wouldn’t put it in the baby’s diaper. See above re: cavity searches and “nobody’s gonna try to do a 9/11 again thanks to the reinforced cockpit doors, air marshals, pilots with guns, and pilots with better situational awareness”.
This isn’t making anyone safer. It’s making us all less likely to travel.
Quick hint for the stupid–the most at risk people in the world for this sort of thing, El Al, don’t bother with this sort of security theatre, and are frankly laughing their asses off at us.
They wisely look for the behavioral profile of the problem causer and don’t mess with racial/ethno profiling and baby butt searches. It works a helluva lot better, as their record indicates.
Fucking sheeple.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Abuse like in that photo is the primary reason I recently drove from Detroit to San Diego and back, rather than flying, to take my son to Legoland. If we’d have flown, I’d be sitting in jail right now because I’d have dismembered a pederast in a TSA costume when he attempted to fondle my kid.
May 9th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
I’m with ya, Matt. The bail money would be much more expensive than driving.
May 9th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Oh he just wants to play patty cake.
May 10th, 2011 at 9:06 am
I just drove from North Carolina to Texas and back (1050 miles each way) because of this crap. Not afraid of anyone touching my junk, but refuse to support the theatrics anymore.