Election 2010: Teabaggin' the Ds & Rs

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

so the only truly stupid thing one can say about all this mess is "They should use their judgment and not pat down the _______ people because the ________ people aren't the ones bringing bombs onto planes." I mean, come the fuck on -- do we think our enemies are stupid? That they're above putting C4 on a toddler?

Exactly.

ETA: Also, if this was shorter it could serve as a board motto: "in spite of some of the things I have posted on these boards I am not a solipsistic moron"

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Adder

Exactly.

BTW, to continue my rant, anyone who wants to say "________ shouldn't be patted down" should be forced to finish the sentence with "even though I acknowledge there is a tiny marginal risk to exempting them." Let the policy decision go as it will, civil liberties versus security, but you can't get something for nothing and the people who say "There's no chance of a nun bringing a bomb so there's no security tradeoff here" are too stupid to be entrusted with elective or government offices.