Comments on: Dear London Heathrow Airport Security: http://eternallyoptimistic.com/2008/06/04/dear-london-heathrow-airport-security/ Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:34:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: maguffyn http://eternallyoptimistic.com/2008/06/04/dear-london-heathrow-airport-security/comment-page-1/#comment-397 maguffyn Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:02:28 +0000 http://eternaloptimist.wordpress.com/?p=294#comment-397 How about making this real: A few years ago (16 to be precise) I had a loaded AK-47 pointed at me with a real threat of it being used for wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Marilyn Monroe on it. My crime? Her face was not covered and I was in Yemen. The Heathrow story IS an example of the ridiculous overkill that has happened with airline security (I have seen a 4 year old girl be threatened that she would have to leave her shoes behind because they had lights in the heel that flashed when she jumped up and down) but the over-reaction and perceived threat of an image on a T-shirt has and will continue to be seen as grounds for people to lose sight of the real threats that face us. And no, those real threats generally do not exist on a commuter flight from Birmingham to Amsterdam or London to Frankfurt. How about making this real: A few years ago (16 to be precise) I had a loaded AK-47 pointed at me with a real threat of it being used for wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Marilyn Monroe on it. My crime? Her face was not covered and I was in Yemen.

The Heathrow story IS an example of the ridiculous overkill that has happened with airline security (I have seen a 4 year old girl be threatened that she would have to leave her shoes behind because they had lights in the heel that flashed when she jumped up and down) but the over-reaction and perceived threat of an image on a T-shirt has and will continue to be seen as grounds for people to lose sight of the real threats that face us. And no, those real threats generally do not exist on a commuter flight from Birmingham to Amsterdam or London to Frankfurt.

]]> By: Prolific Programmer http://eternallyoptimistic.com/2008/06/04/dear-london-heathrow-airport-security/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Prolific Programmer Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:02:46 +0000 http://eternaloptimist.wordpress.com/?p=294#comment-396 You know, throughout my lifetime, growing up in England (London and Leeds, specifically), we were under constant threat from the IRA. They lobbed bombs into Downing Street to the point where ministers had to hide under their desks for safety. To make a long story short, it didn't affect airport/rail security one iota. When our reptilian overlords in Washington suffer their terrorist attack, we increase holding times without charge, kill innocent Brazilian plumbers on the Tube; in short, redo our whole society. It's really sodded up and I hope we as Westerners realise what we're doing before its too late. You know, throughout my lifetime, growing up in England (London and Leeds, specifically), we were under constant threat from the IRA. They lobbed bombs into Downing Street to the point where ministers had to hide under their desks for safety. To make a long story short, it didn’t affect airport/rail security one iota. When our reptilian overlords in Washington suffer their terrorist attack, we increase holding times without charge, kill innocent Brazilian plumbers on the Tube; in short, redo our whole society. It’s really sodded up and I hope we as Westerners realise what we’re doing before its too late.

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