Watch this video...
People in the US are forced to go through full body scans and at times full body pat downs when going through Airport security. And for what?
This councilman shows that the fact these scanners are in place may be the result of a dodgy deal and in fact they won't stop terrorists. My only fear is that the government will create some bogus security threat to justify these scanners.
Work may send me to LA again for work early next year but I am going to refuse as if I am requested to have a pat down by some rent-a-cop I will refuse and God knows what will happen then. Despite never commiting a crime the US Government now has my retina scan and thumbprints thanks to Homeland Security, and I'll be farked if they get anything else.
And no this isn't a tidbit I came across sharing a cup of chai with my fellow tin-foil hat wearing friends, I just hate how governments around the world keep coming up with more and more pointless and expensive ways of controlling us and the Sheeple don't bat an eyelid.
There is just a lot of stuff happening that is slowly chipping away at our way of life, even if right now it may seem quite benign. You know the analogy about putting a frog in a pot of boiling water he will jump out, but put him in cool water and slowly bring it to the boil...
As Benjamin Franklin famously said "Those who would sacrifice their liberty for security deserve neither"... which is almost as well known as his other quote 'You don't look at the mantelpiece when you're stoking the fire'.
p.s. this post is a little heavy I know, but something bike/car/wheel related will be coming soon!
