http://saunderslog.com/2006/10/09/eight-men-escorted-off-plane-in-chicago/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://saunderslog.com/2006/10/09/eight-men-escorted-off-plane-in-chicago/#comment-50884 Traveler Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:13:27 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/10/09/eight-men-escorted-off-plane-in-chicago/#comment-50884 I am glad to hear your brother is o.k. This whole thing is getting out of control. I have the feeling that most of that is just to keep people scared enough. Scared people are easier to control and to influence. It has happened all the time in history. All this thread level crazyness really doesn't do anything to prevent anything. It is just to keep the people in check. I mean if you consider how many terrorist have been caught during elevated thread levels and weigh that against the disruptions of businesses and peoples travel plans you can clearly see that it has no other purpose. This whole issue of <a title="Airport Fingerprinting" href="http://www.opentravelinfo.com/node/631">Fingerprinting/a> all tourists has lead to a steep decline in foreign travelers. T. I am glad to hear your brother is o.k.
This whole thing is getting out of control. I have the feeling that most of that is just to keep people scared enough. Scared people are easier to control and to influence. It has happened all the time in history.
All this thread level crazyness really doesn’t do anything to prevent anything. It is just to keep the people in check. I mean if you consider how many terrorist have been caught during elevated thread levels and weigh that against the disruptions of businesses and peoples travel plans you can clearly see that it has no other purpose.
This whole issue of Fingerprinting/a> all tourists has lead to a steep decline in foreign travelers.
T.

]]> http://saunderslog.com/2006/10/09/eight-men-escorted-off-plane-in-chicago/#comment-50385 MatthewS Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:52:44 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/10/09/eight-men-escorted-off-plane-in-chicago/#comment-50385 Thanks for the link Alec. It was a rather surreal experience. I fly ALOT and have never seen anything quite like this before. Thanks for the link Alec. It was a rather surreal experience. I fly ALOT and have never seen anything quite like this before.

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