Invasion Technology

The same argument could be made that we are allowing a plutocracy to take over our government for the sake of a "free market". They are training us to irrationally despise any type of regulation.

Since before Moses, now by the same people.

If we could just get rid of the bad guys.....

Is Big Brother (1984) really watching through the cameras

I told my grandkids the electric eye on the automatic flush urinals and toilet were cameras and people on the other side knew when to activate the flusher.

LOL!!!

I have (literally!!) nothing to hide.

I don't want a bomb on my plane and I don't want it to fly into buildings either.....so I accept any security measures made, good or bad.

But of course, anyone with anything to hide (little willy?) may not like them!!!

In the US we have something called the right to not have unreasonable search and seizure. It is the 4th Amendment and it specifically states:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

As with everything in the Constitution is it pretty clear, but we have the Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS) to help interpret the meaning when needed.

The problem is, what is unreasonable? If you take the words literally you can make a case that this (airport searches) is a violation of the 4th Amendment. People and citizens are being searched and there is no probable cause for any specific person that they do search. There is a general danger about, but no specific targets, so everybody gets searched.

You can also make the case that "I have nothing to hide, so search away." However, that opens the door wider for other searches. After all, if you have nothing to hide, why would you object to random searches of your car, your person, or your home upon demand of some authority? The popular catch-phrase in the US refers to a time in Germany when they uttered, "Your papers please!"

What if those searches are non-invasive? An example is the new vans the government has here that use back-scatter X-rays to "see" into buildings and houses. Would it be acceptable for police to simply drive up and down the street checking houses as they go for criminal acts or even medical emergencies?

As a passing thought, a wise man once wrote, "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

you can plead your 4th amendment rights as you watch your flight take off.......without you

Be patient, I'm working around the clock to build a light speed ship to carry all the bad guys to another planet.

Until it gets done, some liberties will have to be sacrificed.

Yeah, I have seen schedule slips before! ;-)

All that may be true, but why attack people personally? Why hide behind "Guest"?

What contributions have you really made here? For that matter, what contributions have you made anywhere?

If all you have left in life is to attack people and their views without a supportive argument, then you are probably more miserable than you know or admit.

Your self diagnosis may be right. You may not be paranoid, but you openly display antisocial behavior (which tells everyone here you have problems) and you have already received more time from me than you deserve.