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Old 28 January 2010 | 10:40 PM
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loads of small weiners in here me thinks
Old 28 January 2010 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by RA Dunk
I would feel much better being 90% sure after one of these checks that the "gentelman of Asian decent " sitting infront of me isnt packing C4 than sitting wondering if he could be packing C4, why complain about something that "could" end up saving our lifes FFS!
But as i said in an earlier post, "they wouldn't have spotted the pant-bomber, nor the shoe-bomber, nor the Lockerbie bomber" - how much public humiliation are you going to allow the (pathetic) government to take before you say enough is enough???

Don't forget about the flight crew, and the cabin staff, and the cleaners, and the maintenance staff, and the re-fuelers, and the transit-baggage handlers, and the ground crew and any number of other people who could "smuggle" some sort of bomb on board!!

At a guess, i reckon that statistically you are more likely to die of basic flight maintenance failure than any form of terrorism attack (maybe someone can come up with the figures?) - but hey, be afraid, queue up like sheep, do as you are told, obey those "who are to be obeyed" and don't make a fuss, it is for your own good, only a suspect would complain etc etc etc

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Old 28 January 2010 | 10:53 PM
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"This guy" (the underpant bomber) didn't even have a passport (amongst MANY other reasons for concern), but was allowed on the plane!!!

How about fixing the fundamental failures before throwing unproven technology at things???

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wish they'd had this when I was trying to get back from Tel Aviv 15 months ago.

spent over three hours at their security checks watching suitcase get returned to it's component parts.

took me and some dutch girl so long to get cleared through their security they had to delay the flight for us!
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but hey, be afraid, queue up like sheep, do as you are told, obey those "who are to be obeyed" and don't make a fuss, it is for your own good, only a suspect would complain etc etc etc

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If it even stops/catches one terrorist from blowning up an airplane then its worth it

If any of your family died due to one of these nutjobs getting through and blowing up there plane would you feel better knowing they didnt que like a sheep , I think NOT!
Old 28 January 2010 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by scarey
wish they'd had this when I was trying to get back from Tel Aviv 15 months ago.

spent over three hours at their security checks watching suitcase get returned to it's component parts.

took me and some dutch girl so long to get cleared through their security they had to delay the flight for us!
Well I suppose better to arrive late than not at all and they do have the best security record I believe
Old 28 January 2010 | 11:23 PM
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they have their own baggage scanners at Heathrow, their own team of baggage handlers and can still lose luggage
Old 28 January 2010 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by RA Dunk
If it even stops/catches one terrorist from blowning up an airplane then its worth it

If any of your family died due to one of these nutjobs getting through and blowing up there plane would you feel better knowing they didnt que like a sheep , I think NOT!
but it won't. They don't work. (as in they are not capable of spotting the threat they are being put in place to counteract.) All they are doing is responding to movie plot threats... it's just window dressing. There is no substance to this 'improvement' whatsover.
Old 28 January 2010 | 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RA Dunk
OMG OMG WTF WTF shock horror!!

So what, unless you have a very small weiner and you have a complex about your very small weiner (quite a few seem to have small weiners in this thread by the looks of it) then its all for the better, I would feel much better being 90% sure after one of these checks that the "gentelman of Asian decent " sitting infront of me isnt packing C4 than sitting wondering if he could be packing C4, why complain about something that "could" end up saving our lifes FFS!
Err, who the hell are you. I don't have a weiner and have no complex as I have no such appendage.
I am of the female persuasion who is none too happy about being virtually strip searched by a machine with a God knows what looking at the other end.
And, if you had read my post correctly, you would have noticed I have mixed feeling on the subject. Not casted out of hand because I may or may not have a small WEINER.
Old 28 January 2010 | 11:57 PM
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Err, who the hell are you. I don't have a weiner and have no complex as I have no such appendage.
I am of the female persuasion who is none too happy about being virtually strip searched by a machine with a God knows what looking at the other end.
And, if you had read my post correctly, you would have noticed I have mixed feeling on the subject. Not casted out of hand because I may or may not have a small WEINER.
But you have a weiner, it's called a flat ****
Old 28 January 2010 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Lee247
Err, who the hell are you. I don't have a weiner and have no complex as I have no such appendage.
I am of the female persuasion who is none too happy about being virtually strip searched by a machine with a God knows what looking at the other end.
And, if you had read my post correctly, you would have noticed I have mixed feeling on the subject. Not casted out of hand because I may or may not have a small WEINER.
OOooop's trust me to pick a woman to hit that comment with, So no weiner for you then
Old 29 January 2010 | 12:19 AM
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If I see anyone fumbling about with thier underkrackers on a plane i happen to be on, im just gonna knock him/her the **** out. simple as.


Old 29 January 2010 | 12:29 AM
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We will all die one day.
Maybe it would make more sense if people were more concerned about how they live rather than how they die.
Old 29 January 2010 | 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by cster
We will all die one day.
Maybe it would make more sense if people were more concerned about how they live rather than how they die.
yes agreed, but "I prefer" not to die at the hands of some Islamic maniac
Old 29 January 2010 | 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bigsinky
71 posts before a mod chirps in re. racist aspect of the thread. must be some sort of record.
Oh what, because I'm a mod, I'm not allowed an opinion?

I didn't 'chirp' in with a comment about racism for the hell of it, it was a direct reply to a post made. Maybe I should go about censoring posts that are racist, but personally I prefer to let people have their say, unless way out of line, or challenge those views. I have simply put my opinion forward on a post, it's not like I've prevented people having their opinion.

I gave an example of personal experience, and living in the real world. White, British people are converting to Islam.. Fact. Some no doubt could be brainwashed into the extremist ways, and be as likely to blow up a plane as a Muslim looking person. By the reckoning of the poster, potential terrorists would be unchecked, was my opinion that unreasonable? Oh and going by the opinion of that (and other) poster, other people of similar origins would be as inconvenienced by this system as white people, like I say, as much as Muslims who are not terrorists.

If this is going to be rolled out, it has to be fair and not include or exclude just based on skin colour.

For the record, I'm not going to apologise for having an opinion. I don't believe in racism and showing hatred to people just because of their history, religion choice or origin, and more to the point, their appearance without even knowing where they are from. Just as much as I don't agree with the way extremists view the west, and hate us just because of what we are as people as a whole. I hate extremism from either side, and I'm not ashamed of that.

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Old 29 January 2010 | 01:07 AM
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Great article! Anyone worried about being struck by lightning? Perhaps we need a lightning scanner just to be sure ...

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Stop the Panic on Air Security

PLEASE read these articles... it really helps put things into perspective. These scanners are an utter, utter waste of time
Old 29 January 2010 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Lisawrx
If this is going to be rolled out, it has to be fair and not include or exclude just based on skin colour.
I like that, and that would normally be my position too. However I think we have to analyze what has happened in the past and learn from it better - even at the expense of 'PC'. Purveyors of security must use that knowledge intelligently to protect all of us from Islamic terrorists (they blow up fellow Muslims on a daily basis too - so its in all decent human beings' interest, whatever their religion).

This may mean that you do not waste too much valuable security time on white, blue eyed British toddlers going by the surname Jones travelling with a reddish dad in a Kiss Me Quick hat!!! History shows (to the best of my recollection) that 99% of recent terrorists have actually conformed to the Islamic terrorist stereotype. That may mean its common sense in 'having more security interest' in similar looking people. Is that prejudice and racism or simply a measured intelligent response to fact?

Uncomfortable innit!

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Old 29 January 2010 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Jamescsti
They are not forrced, if you don't want to be involved then don't travel by air, holiday in the uk or use a ferry, I hear france is nice!
If you use air travel through work then consider looking at a new job, simple

Ok maybe it will be an issue for people travelling through work who have major objections but personally I think anything which makes air travel safer is a good thing and i'm all for it.
The only thing that will make air travel safer is racial profiling!


and if the muslims dont like it they know what they can do about it: stop the extreme element of islam from misbehaving



Why should john smith on his way to mallorca for a week with his family be subjected to 3 hour check in times and x ray searches>



Mohammed al iqbal going to washington deserves all the checks and xrays we can throw at him!
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Originally Posted by Pete.
well an xray/wave etc etc machine that shows a naked body isnt going to show up internal explosives, so then what, you have to have two scans and a full cavity search plus a compulsory vomitting to make sure you havent swallowed some explosive device??

open the flood gates for intrusive controls is all im saying.

steady on with the comments too gents, theres a lot of blatant racism in some of them coming through, maybe without intent but its still there.
Pete brant perchance?



Theres rascism because its muslims who blow planes up, name the last white person to try to do so!
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Originally Posted by urban
OK - heres another one putting the cat amoungst the pidgeons.

What happens if a person with a turban "beeps" going through an existing scanner?

Do they make him take it off? Yes

Same goes with say a muslim women who is completely covered up? Take it off or dont fly!

If I'm wearing a coat I'm make to take it off.
If I'm wearing timberland boots then I'm made to remove them

So - shouldn't the boys with the turban and the covered up woman be made to put some stuff through the scanner?
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loads of small weiners in here me thinks
Mine is a totally average 6.1"

*points and giggles at the smaller folk*

Had a bird once who tried to take the ****, so i measured it

" there you go its average, nowt to grumble about bucket fanny, so get yer lips round it and shut the **** up"
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Originally Posted by urban
Don't be so cynical!
cynical? moi? never sir!!!
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I think bratwurst is much superior to a wiener! Especially with the original mustard!

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Originally Posted by Dan Gleebits
If I see anyone fumbling about with thier underkrackers on a plane i happen to be on, im just gonna knock him/her the **** out. simple as.

Have to remember not to scratch my **** on a plane

Originally Posted by StickyMicky

" there you go its average, nowt to grumble about bucket fanny, so get yer lips round it and shut the **** up"



Who cares if there is a scanner or not I couldn't care less what somebody is looking at (maybe I am bigger than average ) but if it isnt going to work get something that does. I think everybody should have to do what ever the security/airport decide is necessary including removing vales turbans etc
They can travel a different way if they dont like it I have to remove my shoes.

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The 'intrusion' bit doesnt bother me, but if I see the faintest trace of a snigger I'll show them terrorism

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Originally Posted by RA Dunk
OOooop's trust me to pick a woman to hit that comment with, So no weiner for you then
She's got one of those mechanical battery operated weiners
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She's got one of those mechanical battery operated weiners
Yeah, it's called a Husband
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Pete brant perchance?



Theres rascism because its muslims who blow planes up, name the last white person to try to do so!
Richard Reid, also known as Abdul Raheem and Tariq Raja, was born a British citizen in Bromley, South London,[1] to Leslie Hughes, who was of white English descent, and Colvin Robin Reid, whose father was a Jamaican immigrant of African descent.


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