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LIR: decline. I'm with you. I don't see the outrage over patting down kids (or anyone)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Apr 13 '11, 11:50

if you don't like it, don't fly

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There's just an ick factor about a stranger touching my little boy's junk. It's just not allowed. -- nm - Amy Apr 13, 11:59 1
- The child's mum appeared this AM and said essentially the same thing... - OAE Apr 13, 12:02
Look, anal probing is just the cost of flying. If you don't like it, don't go. -- nm - kilbo, ten years from now Apr 13, 11:57 3
- Exactly. We have always known our alien visitors are advanced. What is the first thing they do when they take you to their ship? -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:03
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- exactly. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 13, 11:58
I mean, who here *hasn't* hidden a gun on their kid? -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 11:54
I disagree. Kids shouldn't be subject to random search in airports. (If they are identified through behaviour profiling, that's another matter) -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 11:54
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- I'm fairly stunned at the collective shrug all of this produced. - Mel Profit Apr 13, 11:57 4
  - Like I said on B2. i can understand the thought process and have no doubts bad people would try to use kids for bad deeds. - Jim Apr 13, 12:07
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    - I really thought the Junk Touching would have been the thing that gave people pause. - Mel Profit Apr 13, 12:19 1
      - You take what you can get. - nm - All the lonely people Apr 13, 12:33
- procedures are proven not to work? -- nm - decline Apr 13, 11:53 2
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    - Ah, IIRC there was some study or drill they did in regards to this at a few airports. I think you're right... -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 12:00

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LIR: decline. I'm with you. I don't see the outrage over patting down kids (or anyone)

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