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Originally Posted by tadpole256  You evidently didn't read the Article... No he could not just go to a sandwich counter... I don't know any counters that sell anything in an airport for $0.33.
The fact is that we have the right to not have our privacy invaded. We have the right to not be treated like criminals. And we should have the right to bring our own food on the plane, many people can't afford the high prices inside the terminal. Including those police and troops that you presume I think we should not have.
The Mayor elect of Philadelphia is proposing allowing police to randomly stop and search people... I assume you'd support that for "safety" as well?
It hurts my heart to know I live in a country of such cowards...
Sometimes I don't know why the fuck I bother putting a uniform on... Any freedoms I defend Americans apparently will happily surrender at will... |
Tad, this isn't Billy or Oli you're responding to...We may disagree, but let's keep it friendly?
I did read the article. He was participating in a food stamp study. BUT, part of that study, isn't just that people can't afford to buy groceries, but some days they do have to do without meals as well.
So, he got an even better idea of those he's trying to help, by now he not only had to buy poor quality meals, but get's the chance to miss a meal as does those in the study he's trying to change things for.
Still, the reality is IF he wants to, he can still eat. Unlike those he's attempting to 'survive like' he can go grab a sandwhich. But if he still wants to do as those in the study does...He's also free to go to the local Salvation Army and get in the food line for a free meal....He has options. Heck, he can even beg for food/money as some on welfare do do to get by.
But his having his sandwhich removed by airport security didn't violate his civil rights. Their doing their jobs don't in no way stop him from seeking other alternatives towards a meal or enjoying a PB&J sandwhich later.
There are lists everywhere in an airport, telling all passengers what they can/can't bring on a plane. Just because he's a congressman doesn't mean he get's exempt from those rules. In fact, his whole study participation is to show he's willing not to be kept exempt from the average Joe.
As to what the mayor is doing in Philly? Depends on WHY they're doing the stop and searches. Their reasoning behind it and if it's rational. But that has nothing to do with the airport searches/guidelines, of which there are rational reasons WHY they do so. And I for one am thankful for their study, efforts, and commitment to follow their own rules.
I don't see that 'throwing my rights away'. I see it as doing as the law asks of me, abiding by the rules and guidelines set by those agencies, and my own duty as a citizen to follow the rules even if I don't always agree with them.
I think it's just as silly to wear a seatbelt...But I wear it none-the-less because it's the rule. And if I don't, a cop pulls me over and tickets me for not wearing it, I don't see it as infrindging my rights in the least. Because it is the law and I have to abide by the laws and rules my goverment and civilian agencies determine as lawful and reasonable for my own welfare and safty.