tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289789945266773793.post140907297193660019..comments2023-06-03T05:18:24.012-05:00Comments on I'm About to do My Thing: Explosives in the Curls? An Airport Security StoryMoka B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13963236881983803700noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289789945266773793.post-49965416118762392702010-11-16T11:31:33.188-06:002010-11-16T11:31:33.188-06:00I really appreciate the last two posts. That's...I really appreciate the last two posts. That's all I'm going to say about that. :-)<br /><br />Folks, I don't know what they might have been expecting to find in my hair. I only speculated about the razor! Lacy, the 8th-century reference is crazy! Lol.Moka B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13963236881983803700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289789945266773793.post-83088544704790401492010-11-14T15:20:54.855-06:002010-11-14T15:20:54.855-06:00I seriously doubt groping an 8-yr-old's genita...I seriously doubt groping an 8-yr-old's genitals made any of us safer. It may have, however, given the boy some issues he may have to deal with later in life. Whiny or not, people should not be made to feel like criminals when they are traveling.Darlita Y.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289789945266773793.post-42420271520259053342010-11-14T09:08:52.269-06:002010-11-14T09:08:52.269-06:00These ridiculous security measures don't actua...These ridiculous security measures don't actually make us any safer; they only promote the illusion of safety. The TSA randomly harasses people so that they will do exactly what you have done, which is build up a mythology around TSA that they are thorough to the point of being ridiculous. America is no safer because some TSA reprobate fished around in you hair. Grrr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289789945266773793.post-84067848820719677772010-11-14T07:54:51.227-06:002010-11-14T07:54:51.227-06:00Yes, guys, all this feels weird and seems overboar...Yes, guys, all this feels weird and seems overboard. BUT wouldn't you rather be ALIVE than dead because you shut your mouth, stopped whining for 5 seconds to make sure it was safe. Terrorists are not concerned about our safety in any way, shape,or form. Get that thru your heads. A little pat down is better than being snuffed out in the next couple of hours. Americans have become such whiners!!!!!!dinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919641351179852830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289789945266773793.post-157219673460271082010-11-13T21:47:15.639-06:002010-11-13T21:47:15.639-06:00I had to go through one of those full body scanner...I had to go through one of those full body scanners at the airport last weekend, so I sort of know how you feel. At least I didn't have someone groping me physically, but it is pretty weird to know that someone behind a screen somewhere is basically looking at you naked. I'm all about extra security measures, but surely they could do something less invasive. And shouldn't they have one of those metal-detecting wands that is strong enough to pick up razors instead of having to grope through your hair?<br /><br />On a (humorous) side note, in one of the travel narratives I'm using in my dissertation, the woman describes hiding her and her husband's watches in her hair so they aren't discovered by pirates. The sound of the watches ticking drives her crazy (not literally). At the time I thought the idea was pretty ridiculous, but apparently some TSA peeps must have read that and thought, hey, it happened in the eighteenth century, so obviously people today must do the same thing!Lacy Marschalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251709429317690886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289789945266773793.post-28271435361715271642010-11-13T18:36:40.672-06:002010-11-13T18:36:40.672-06:00You would have thought you were going to visit som...You would have thought you were going to visit someone in jail. That's the only place that I know of that you might get your hair check for razors, but that's about it. Pretty soon we're all gonna have to just walk through in our underwear.<br /><br />HCASC Middle SchoolerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289789945266773793.post-81114862055116903382010-11-13T18:12:20.591-06:002010-11-13T18:12:20.591-06:00Your life is way more interesting than mineYour life is way more interesting than mineDaniel Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09057501217295052010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289789945266773793.post-87508628454390043232010-11-13T18:11:27.773-06:002010-11-13T18:11:27.773-06:00I'm driving EVERYWHERE. This is some bull...I'm driving EVERYWHERE. This is some bull...Darlita Y.noreply@blogger.com