Though, if you want to boycott flying, go ahead. This may mean shorter security lines for me, and I'm good with that. However, causing shit in the actual security line? No, don't go there.
Seriously.
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Nov 19, 2010 8:12:01 am PST #6298 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kathy A - Nov 19, 2010 8:12:17 am PST #6299 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I swear, I totally don't ever want a car payment ever again.
My goal is to not have to buy another car for at least ten years (my Civic should last that long), and then have enough cash saved to pay cash for a slightly-used or program car. No more new cars for me!
tiggy - Nov 19, 2010 8:17:52 am PST #6300 of 30001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
okay...i'm spending more and more time at tumblr. so what are people's tumblrs, again? i'm already following Good Things and Provocateuse. mine is tiggz. [link] mostly posting fandom-y type stuff(ie lots of pretty).
tommyrot - Nov 19, 2010 8:40:17 am PST #6301 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
60 Years of Television's Most Memorable Catch Phrases in 146 Seconds
I'm happy Colombo's "Just one more thing" was in there....
Strega - Nov 19, 2010 8:42:25 am PST #6302 of 30001
I have no doubt these same people will be UP IN ARMS when there is a terrorist attack on a commercial train in America and they will be calling for SECURITY and pointing fingers.
At least some people are upset because the TSA is not actually doing much to improve security; they're just annoying people (like airline pilots) to no purpose. Many have noted that if you want to kill a bunch of people, a long, snaking line at a security checkpoint makes a pretty good target. I think a big part of the problem is our belief that assembly lines are the best way to do EVERYTHING.
tommyrot - Nov 19, 2010 8:44:33 am PST #6303 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I posted this in Bitches the other day:
How airport security is done in Israel:
In Israel, they consider long lines at airports to be a Very Bad Thing, for the reason Strega noted.
Jesse - Nov 19, 2010 8:46:12 am PST #6304 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I know I've posted here before about the time my luggage was hand-searched (in Boston!) and they didn't find the big Swiss Army knife I had forgotten about in the bottom of the bag. So strangers touched my underwear and I still had an actual weapon on the plane. Good times.
sarameg - Nov 19, 2010 8:48:34 am PST #6305 of 30001
It's pretty much theater, and I resent the intrusion upon my person for something that is basically bullshit.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2010 8:49:08 am PST #6306 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mmm. Underwear-touching-strangers.
Jessica - Nov 19, 2010 8:53:02 am PST #6307 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This, right here, is the difference between real security and security theatre:
"First, it's fast — there's almost no line. That's because they're not looking for liquids, they're not looking at your shoes. They're not looking for everything they look for in North America. They just look at you," said Sela. "Even today with the heightened security in North America, they will check your items to death. But they will never look at you, at how you behave. They will never look into your eyes ... and that's how you figure out the bad guys from the good guys."