When the police are on the hunt for a criminal, an APB and a photo are issued to help apprehend the perp, which makes sense to me. However, our TSA personnel are restrained by PC policy, enabling scenarios such as those parodied in Airplane II, to occur. Case in point - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who attempted to blow up flight 253 over Detroit by way of explosives hidden in his underpants. One thing is certain about the terrorists who are at war with us: They are all young radicalized Muslim men. How is it then that children, the elderly, and men and women of all different backgrounds still clog the security checkpoints in our airports? Are they not also being profiled for NOT fitting the profile of a likely terrorist? Until we come to terms with this fact, political correctness will eventually become another suicide pact. And given the recent headlines one could rightly ask, "Is life imitating art?"
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Airport Security Screw Up
When the police are on the hunt for a criminal, an APB and a photo are issued to help apprehend the perp, which makes sense to me. However, our TSA personnel are restrained by PC policy, enabling scenarios such as those parodied in Airplane II, to occur. Case in point - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who attempted to blow up flight 253 over Detroit by way of explosives hidden in his underpants. One thing is certain about the terrorists who are at war with us: They are all young radicalized Muslim men. How is it then that children, the elderly, and men and women of all different backgrounds still clog the security checkpoints in our airports? Are they not also being profiled for NOT fitting the profile of a likely terrorist? Until we come to terms with this fact, political correctness will eventually become another suicide pact. And given the recent headlines one could rightly ask, "Is life imitating art?"
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