I recall the almost unbearable hair-pulling and moaning that issued from the left when the Bush administration decided to listen in on suspicious international communications, or when a streamlined process for eavesdropping was initiated ... oh the horror!
Yet now, that the US is willing to grope or take nude photos of just about every single living person on the planet in order to demonstrate that it is politically correct, progressives are for the most part remarkably silent. Surely, it can't be that all these lefties are secretly excited about their junk being touched ... or that they just can't wait to have some TSA agent get a peak at their unmentionables? What could it be ... the silence is so peculiar.
The reality is, that if Granny Smith qualifies for a nude photo or grope, or that Sally Benson and her five year old both need a feel-up, the wheels have surely and completely fallen off of Progressia.
Think about it ... the progressive class is willing to submit hundreds of millions of its citizens (or is it subjects) to humiliation, discomfort, assault, and gross inconvenience just to prove a point; that sophisticated profiling is anathema to progressives. Progressives won't allow under any circumstances for us to do as Israel does, where it’s long ago been decided that the only way to protect fliers is to use less intrusive high tech, but above all else, to use sophisticated profiling methods.
But, to do so, would be to single out specific groups or actors ... an act that according to the gods of Progressia is taboo.
So here we are in the postmodern age of Android phones, nano-technology, stunningly intricate and complex science, and all manner of behavioural science ... being groped by rubber gloved zombies ... what could possibly go wrong?
Let's look at this another way. What will the response be when Abdullah Abdullah decides that getting onto an airplane is too difficult and he plans instead to machine gun the long lines at airport security? What then? Or he sets up outside the terminal and mows down the taxies and passengers as they enter the building? What then? Will the groping move to the parking lot?
Or, how about if Muhamad Muhammad and his buddies take shot guns to a shopping mall crowded with Christmas shoppers. What then ... a groping before you enter Dollar Store?
Or, what if (heaven forbid) Sgt. Allah Allah decides to kill his fellow soldiers as they gather prior to leaving for Afghanistan ... no ... wait!
You see, the logical but politically incorrect way of dealing with terrorism is to first and foremost look for terrorists. That means employing all of our knowledge and technology to look for patterns, clues, hints, and behaviours, and when found, to engage in ever more intrusive responses. It means using the Israeli method, where behaviour and appearance, above all else, trigger intrusion. What that also means, is that the vast majority of us would, unless some unlucky circumstance befalls us, simply have to suffer only the most basic of security checks.
My son's friend is Canadian born, but of Iraqi origin. When he recently passed through Tel Aviv, he became separated from his family because he was stuck with the luggage cart. In a matter of seconds, armed Israeli soldiers stopped him, asked questions, scanned the luggage, and checked his documents. His parents came back to see what was going on and it didn't take long for the family to be on their way.
So, what triggered the Israeli response? ... in an airport where my son's friend and the airport guards all looked alike. Let's see ... young Middle Eastern looking male dragging a load of luggage ... alone. Even the monkeys employed by TSA could've figured that one out.
What got my son's friend quickly on his way? ... the determination that he was a Canadian, he spoke perfect English, his sisters were not “covered” ... and he travelled with parents. And, the luggage scanned just fine. As well, the young man's response was clearly that of a Canadian lad facing submachine guns and suspicious Israeli security ... not terror, nor disrespect, but appropriate. And finally, had the young lad managed to smuggle some bizarre weapon or explosive device onto the aircraft, he would’ve been dispatched quickly by the one or more Israeli agents on board. It’s even possible that the luggage had already been sniffed without the family knowing.
But of course, that’ll never fly in progressia (soon nothing will be flying). Over on this side of the world we'd sooner grope 5 year olds, cover cancer survivors in urine, humiliate flight attendants, and take nude pictures of the very pilots who are ultimately responsible for the passengers, rather than offend one single person with profiling.
Next thing you know, terrorists will be launching fake or poorly planned attacks just to get a kick out of how we submit ourselves to ever more monkey-brained security methods ... if they haven’t already.
As for me, the TSA grope and porn-fest is just another example of how divorced from reality progressive elites are. They hold a world view, that no matter how illogical, must be adhered to. Pounding square pegs into round holes is, in the end, the only thing that progressives do well.
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