02-10-2004, 03:29 PM
Quote: Because of the new Patriot Act, they can do what ever the hell they want and get away with it. VERY patriotic if you ask me. It takes THREE men to subdue a TEN year old girl? And because of the new security measures, you no longer even have the right to ask to have a female present
What the?
I'd heard of the patriot act, but didn't know much about it (only that quite a lot of people would mosly dislike it, so its announcement got somewhat buried behind something to do with Iraq). But now that I know of this, I'm incensed.
Whoever thought that this was a good idea should be shot.
Considering that in an airport, there is likely to be a reasonably large staff, inclduing at least 1 woman, I see absolutely no reason why 3 men were necessary for such a search.
Of course, she did have a woman present... her own mother... somehow, I think that if she'd stood up and said "oi! what the hell do you think you're doing?" at one of the security officials, she'd have been removed from the room.
Where is the world going when ANYONE, let alone a 10 yr old, can be subjected to that because of a suspicion?
Luckily, in the UK, we haven't got that far yet, any form of strip search, just about must be performed by an officer of the same sex as the suspect.
Female officers may search a man from the waist up and knees down
Male officers may search a woman (IIRC) from the elbow down, and knee down.
Whoever thinks that such a measure is necessary for national security should be subjected to pretty nasty discipline.
Just my opinion
-Bob