As complaints have mounted over airport scrutiny, people have started to question the effectiveness and value of the TSA. Many of the people there are not capable of passing the physical and intellectual tests of other law enforcement agencies. Their presence has yet to catch a single terrorist, probably because most attempts originate far from our shores. The scrutiny has become more of an imposition on law-abiding citizens because they will not profile to be politically correct. This stupidity of government is as old as time.
Governments are by nature only reactive. Each new intrusion on people comes after an attempt is foiled, often accidentally, and almost always by foreign powers. The only successful attempt to blow up anything with a plane succeeded, and that was nine years ago. As they hide bombs in their shoes, their purses, their underwear, and now their body cavities, we are ignoring the obvious fact that they are at least one step ahead of us. Furthermore, there are ways in which they could attack us that are currently not scrutinized. Where is it going to end?
I was reading Benjamin Franklin's pamphlet "Plain Truth" and found that this fault of government is old. He writes:
Why do we expect differently now?
The government cannot protect us here. By the time they get to our shores, it is too late, because the amount of scrutiny necessary can come only at the expense of liberty.
Governments are by nature only reactive. Each new intrusion on people comes after an attempt is foiled, often accidentally, and almost always by foreign powers. The only successful attempt to blow up anything with a plane succeeded, and that was nine years ago. As they hide bombs in their shoes, their purses, their underwear, and now their body cavities, we are ignoring the obvious fact that they are at least one step ahead of us. Furthermore, there are ways in which they could attack us that are currently not scrutinized. Where is it going to end?
I was reading Benjamin Franklin's pamphlet "Plain Truth" and found that this fault of government is old. He writes:
When 'tis too late, they are sensible of their Imprudence. After great Fires, they provide Buckets and Engines; After a Pestilence they think of keeping clean their Streets and common Shores; and when a Town has been sack'd by their Enemies, they provide for its Degense, &c...When the steed is stolen, you shut the Stable Door.
Why do we expect differently now?
The government cannot protect us here. By the time they get to our shores, it is too late, because the amount of scrutiny necessary can come only at the expense of liberty.
1 comment:
Well stated and reasoned. The government is an act of evidence. Evidence proves that it is too late.
Happy Thanksgiving to you.
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