Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Taking Security WAAYY To Far
Justin at Knoxviews pointed out this article in the Wall Street Journal Online on giving lie detector tests to airline passengers. The tests were administered at the Knoxville, TN airport (Tyson-McGhee), which is actually in Alcoa, TN.
The purported purpose:
Of course, as I've also said before politicians and governmental types often love to wield power and control over others. That is why they choose their careers in these areas. If one must endure forced polygraphs in order to travel on an airliner, the terrorists are winning.
Maybe this comes from the fear that Patrick Armstrong at HurricaneRadio talks about. A coward dies a thousand deaths....
The purported purpose:
The method isn't intended to catch specific lies, says Shabtai Shoval, chief executive of Suspect Detection Systems, the start-up business behind the technology dubbed Cogito. "What we are looking for are patterns of behavior that indicate something all terrorists have: the fear of being caught," he says.As I've said before, I'd rather risk being blown up than live in a society where our freedoms and privacy are so restricted that there is nothing left to "preserve".
Of course, as I've also said before politicians and governmental types often love to wield power and control over others. That is why they choose their careers in these areas. If one must endure forced polygraphs in order to travel on an airliner, the terrorists are winning.
Maybe this comes from the fear that Patrick Armstrong at HurricaneRadio talks about. A coward dies a thousand deaths....
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This is exactly the kind of fear I was talking about. This is like the irrational fear of snakes or spiders that paralyzes people. Terrorism must be fought with vigilance from a determined population, not buraucracy from a terrified one.
As far as lie detectors to screen passengers, I have two thoughts:
1. They should see how well that works at the Las Vegas airport during WSOP month,
2. What palpable fear is a suicide bomber really going to feel about getting caught?
As far as lie detectors to screen passengers, I have two thoughts:
1. They should see how well that works at the Las Vegas airport during WSOP month,
2. What palpable fear is a suicide bomber really going to feel about getting caught?
Additionally, polygraphs can be beat. Polygraphs work on the principle that you become anxious when lying. The anxiety causes a rise in blood pressure, perspiration, and respiration. Sociopaths don't become anxious when lying. It's a way of life with them. Also, you can be taught, via biofeedback, to beat the machine.
But the real point is the further disregard for and destruction of our rights.
But the real point is the further disregard for and destruction of our rights.
who wouldnt be nervous taking a lie detector test, with armed police around you..
its bad enough walking down the street and seeing a cop, and feeling guilty, let alone in a airport..
sometimes the security services do more to cause fear, in people than the actual attacks would.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Provisional_IRA_Actions
take it from me a person who has lived through over 30 year of waking up and thinking is today the day.
its bad enough walking down the street and seeing a cop, and feeling guilty, let alone in a airport..
sometimes the security services do more to cause fear, in people than the actual attacks would.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Provisional_IRA_Actions
take it from me a person who has lived through over 30 year of waking up and thinking is today the day.
mercurior - We Americans tend to forget about the IRA but they've been quite destructive on occasion. I remember the bomb in Harrod's department store.
A couple of years after that my wife (we weren't divorced yet) and her father visited London and Ireland including Harrod's. I had some concern but thought the odds were long that something would happen at the actual moment she was in any particular spot.
A couple of years after that my wife (we weren't divorced yet) and her father visited London and Ireland including Harrod's. I had some concern but thought the odds were long that something would happen at the actual moment she was in any particular spot.
exactly, you were wary, and if you saw a package your would have been concerned. yes long odds, but sometimes the odds are against you. so be aware, but dont let them destroy your life by making you afraid.
thats my expert opinion. show them that they are pathetic morons. by carrying on as normal
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thats my expert opinion. show them that they are pathetic morons. by carrying on as normal
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