Letters to the Editor
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Those who would sacrifice Liberty for the illusion of security, deserve neither
Sincere applause for a very well written article.
These past six years have been a Maciavellian dream come horribly to life.
One thing that removes our civil liberties in for the illusion of security is the treatment we law abiding citizens get when flying out of any American airport. The brownshirts at the TSA search scrutinize and fondle in the most absurd and unneccessary ways. Each and every one of us is treated like the second incarnation of Mohammad Atta due to nail clippers, shampoo bottles and toothpaste tubes.
I shudder to think what gross contortions of our liberties we will have to endure to board an aircraft next- we already have to remove our shoes and risk strip searches and shakedowns. And can someone please tell me the reason for the ludicrous anal-retentive specifictity as to the size and volume of the clear ziploc bag I can keep my shampoo in?
To justify this continued treatment, as well as our big brother color coded alert levels, there must be a demonstrated positive result to it. How has taken our shoes off made us an iota safer as a nation?
This kind of treatment gets my hackles up every time I fly. It doesn't make me feel a bit safer- it just pisses me off.