I am now completely convinced that the latest whacky game to sweep the nation is “Smuggle
Weapons Through Airport Security.”
So far in the past two months I have heard of or read about at least 10 cases of people
carrying weapons up to the gate or on to the plane itself. This type of activity just supports
my theory that people are both stupid and nuts and just don’t know any better. Why on Earth would ::ANYONE:: in this current climate try to get stuff through Airport Security just because they can? Is it so they can triumphantly cheer, “I outwitted a minimum wage employee right before I got slapped with a Federal Crime!” Way to go Einstein.
These type of people just really piss me off because their own need to feel superior does
nothing but undermines the feeling of safety we as a country have. I am not standing up for the airlines because they really need to do something to make the security check points actually secure (or we need the government to pass legislation so that we don’t have them spending so little money on these checkpoints). I just think that anyone trying to make a point by sneaking things past security is they type of person Darwin would have ruled against if we weren’t as civilized as we were and we lived amongst very large carnivores.
I’m also, once again, going to rail against the local news. People are still terrified and we
know that life has changed forever. Is there any particular reason just about every one of the local stations needs to run an expose on how Airport security is still incredibly inept? Mind you I haven’t watched a single one of these stories because I still want to have the power and strength to be able to set foot on a plane again, but if these bozos are exposing holes in security it seems to me that they are both doing a public disservice ::AND:: helping to let other potential terrorists know that their ability to high jack planes is still out there. I also want to know if these people are getting nailed with Federal charges as well for violating security. I don’t care if you have a press credential asshole, if you got something to where it doesn’t belong you should be prosecuted just like all the other total morons that have been doing it for the past two months.
Argh man, just ARGH.
-WW