That feels like another loss of freedom to me. You can lose your privacy or you can have an embarrassing experience. All in the name of some false 'theater of security'.
This goes back to the thread about government control over what we eat. I mentioned a story by F. Paul Wilson about butter and egg smuggling. I found a copy of it online for your reading pleasure. http://billstclair.com/DoingFreedom/000623/df.0600.fa.lipidleggin.html "... The president declared a health emergency and Congress passed something called the National Health Maintenance Act which said that since certain citizens were behaving irresponsibly by abusing their bodies and thereby giving rise to chronic diseases which resulted in consumption of more that their fair share of medical care at public expense, it was resolved that, in the public interest and for the public good, certain commodities would henceforth and hereafter be either prescribed or strictly rationed. Or something like that. Foods high in cholesterol and saturated fats headed the list. Next came tobacco and any alcoholic beverage over 30 proof. ..." No eggs or butter but you still have beer. How many years are we away from the story, written as fiction, from being fact? On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:16 AM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Semi-related: > > > http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/10/for-the-first-time-the-tsa-meets-resistance/65390/ > ( http://tinyurl.com/theyreballs ) > > :Den > > -- > All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one > Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the > poor peasant as the mighty prince. > Plato > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > > > That's right, give them ideas. > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Scott Stewart wrote: > > > >> > >> Just goes to show what little regard these extremists have for life, > human > >> or otherwise... what's next kidnapping orphan kids, stuffing bombs in > them > >> and sending them to visit "American reltives"? > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331436 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
