Ok, Boofhead, I do respect your opinion, and can see how it makes sense. You're right, nothing, including security, is perfect. I still don't know how to spot a terrorist...I must be missing something. Maybe if we have pictures of known terrorists. It's hard to tell who means well and who doesn't. I've known people who I thought were decent and had no intentions of hurting people. They wind up murdering someone. They had everyone fooled. I can't really comment on the explosives detector, sorry, wish I could but I can't. Of course if someone wants to hurt the plane or the people, they will probably try it with something they are still allowed to take aboard. We have to draw the line somewhere...we can't take people's shoelaces, ties, pens, etc. As I said, nothing's perfect. And I have been on the receiving end of a search, I've been searched with a hand-held metal detector and I've had manual searches done on my carry-on baggage, so I know how it feels. I know 99.9% of the flying population is safe, but we can't take chances. You don't have to respect or applaud that, I don't really care. I was just trying to get in on the debate with the standpoint of someone in my occupation.
Last edited by Ook; 19th February 2003 at 03:31.