KC/Topeka prowling with Mr. Rigdon

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Mon Jun 3 12:52:51 2002

At 03:18 PM 6/1/02 -0700, Sellam wrote:
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>Whoever tells you the checks are "random" and not based on ethnicity or
>appearance is just trying to be PC.


   Some are random but many aren't. I stayed an extra day in KC and changed my reservation with Delta two days beforehand but somehow they lost the record of it. Because of that I arrived at the airport without a confirmed reservation and that's what earned me the "full treatment". But what really pissed me off was having to go through a complete check then walking 30 feet and having to go through the same thing again before I could get on the plane. The second check is a complete waste of time (mine AND security's) IMO.


 I'm sure there is a bit of randomness
>involved, but that's for the non-Arab, non-Muslim flying contingent.


   As much as you may not like to, you have to admit that 100% of the 9/11 hijackers were Arabs and Muslim so people that fit that description are going to be closely checked for a long time to come, PC or not. I know you don't like it, neither do I, but you can blame the Arab Muslim extremists and not the airlines for that.


>There's only been one time out of perhaps ten where I didn't have to go
>through the extra pre-boarding check before a flight. I'm convinced that
>me and my peeps get red flagged and added to the "check thoroughly" pool
>as soon as we step in the airport, and other "regular" folk are just
>thrown into the pool at random to make it look like "we" aren't being
>targeted.
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>Welcome to the New America.

   Wouldn't Joe McCarthy love it!

   Joe
Received on Mon Jun 03 2002 - 12:52:51 BST