"Unreasonable", those are what we call "weasel words". Thank the supreme court, this is legal, and it's your fault for doing what they tell you and shunning radicals like me. Hope ya get purged! :)
I had my knee replaced several years ago. So when I fly I know that I will set off the metal detectors and am proactive. I tell the security immediately upon reaching them. I am typically taken over, giving the wand asked to remove my shoes and they are typically satisfied. I never felt put upon and I don't beleive there was any bad intent. I was glad to comply. If they wanted a pat down or a strip search I would comply. I want to be safe and I am glad someone is doing this (awful ) job!
@GH0ST0FKAG thanks, it seemed sensible to mix it up. i deliberately didn't rely solely on national broadcasters, to avoid giving the impression this is a partisan issue. i also avoided all the infowars/alex jones vids on this subject, as i didn't want to undermine the point with conspiracy rhetoric.
thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
People can make all the noise they want about this, write to all their government officials, send letters to the editors, and even write to the airports using TSA. The ONLY thing that will make it change will be when the airlines start feeling the pinch of the almighty dollar. And...that ain't gonna happen.
The average joe traveling by air is not going to take a boat, train, or car because it will slow him down. We're selfish humans and although we may sympathize with these incidents, until it is themselves, a close friend or family member, they will keep on flying. Those who do choose to not travel by plane need to tell the airlines and airports that they were going to fly but changed their minds and spell it out for them.
@squirreljester2 i would trust a dog doing that job more than a human being. less prejudice.
i think i'd fail behaviour detection and get searched, cos i fucking can't stand authority figures. i certainly get enought ugly stares from security people at airports in various countries. (they REALLY didn't like the look of me in Rome lol)
@BlankPageNumberXIII ..You what, the funny thing is you're right...But don't tell them or they'll start putting checkpoints before the checkpoints. just to make it extra safe.
I'm ok with the scans and a strip search, but if the apes touch me, even shake my hand there will be problems. It doesn't matter who does it. I don't want tsa touching me at all. Have the international tourists stopped coming yet? ;) Hmm. On the bright side, I may have several rows of seats to myself in a more intimate environment with more attention from the staff. Might be worth it. Nah. Nothing is worth the tsa in its current form,
No matter how many videos you make about this, it will never be enough. This is a huge issue. We're all losing our freedoms right now. Not GOING to lose them; they're flying out the window in a desperate chain of failure.
@TheOtherSide100 seriously, i didn't realise the abuses were as widespread or frequent as they are, and that's just what you can find on youtube videos WITHOUT even touching a single alex jones/infowars one (i made a point of not even looking at any of his).
its really simple - this breaks both the presumption of innocence AND the right to security of the person against unwarranted searches. the fact that these agents don't even seem to know we have 4th amendment rights is pretty bad.
My wife is American and before i met her i thought US was a symbol for freedom. But lately i start to feel it has turned into a fascist police states.
During my first trip to USA was i stripped down to my underwear standing in a line together with other males and females suspected for smuggling drugs because the dogs had point out my bags, reason was i had easter candy in them for my wifes kids. I say in this case shit happen but this shit start to happen to often to to many ppl.
FDR quote ftw. Jeffery Goldberg noted on his blog, that blowing up all the folks standing in the long security lines would be as effective as blowing up the plane. I think more work needs to be done on security before folks are about to board their plane.
Al Qaeda put out their hardy har hars, saying this was all part of their plan of a thousand cuts, yada yada, and of course they were spinning it in their favor, but there are US citizens who are feeling tormented by these searches.
Remember George Bush saying the reason the terrorists hate us is because of our freedoms? I guess they wont be hating us much longer. Soon they wont want to attack us, they will want to live here.
I love the section on screener school. Oh boo-hoo, you're stressed out because you perform illegal searches on 4 year olds and cripples all day? Get a real job.
I haven't watched the whole video but according to that dmca guideline are you saying that whenever anyone uploads a video on to youtube that it's within anyones rights to use that video?
you may use portions of any (but not the entire) publication, for the purposes of commentary, critique, or analysis. satire is a bit of a grey area. as long as you are not gaining financially from someone else's work, and only use excerps,
so yeah, any video is fair game as long as you stay within the rules of 'fair use'.
@gothatfunk Oh thanks for clearing that up. BTW I really liked the video, my brother and my nephews are comming to visit us for T-day and I was also concerned about TSA groping/radiation because my nephews comming who are 3 and 6. I think my brother was too because he decided to drive from New York city. People have argued that these checks r necessary & they r necessary but there has to be a better way. Keep up the good work paul!
the bottom line folks is no one and i mean no one is ever safe. there is no such thing. tommorrow you could be walking down the street and get hit by a car that jumps the curb. that plane your on could have a mechanical failure and crash which is much more likely than a terrorist hijacking the way corporations are cutting jobs and making people do more and more to keep thier job. this is not saftey or security folks it is becoming enslavement to government step by step and inch by inch...
i'm so damned pissed off with the tsa before this video and i'm even more incensed after it. the tsa has not stopped or caught 1 terrorist to date and they treat people inhumanely. it must stop....
How anyone could thumbs down this video boggles my mind. I wish I could just get the fuck out of this country and never return. This is fucking insane that anyone would say this is ok. Can they not see what's going on? Slowly seeing how much "rights" we as citizens are willing to give up in order to feel safe and secure. Next we will be subjected to mandatory cavity searches... from new born to 100 + years old... not just in the airport, but at the local fucking mall. I hope you all feel safe.
@tattooskin72 well, the down thumb might be a TSA worker *shrug* or maybe someone who objects to my shameless quote mining. or it could be a hater. or maybe someone genuinely thought the video was boring and too long and its all a fuss over nothing. they are out there, i've seen so many comment sections where people's attitude is "just suck it up or don't fly".
It seems to me that the best way to end this is to, if you see them touch someone like child or handicapped person, you stand against them, loudly and bring a camera. While it's vile on all people it is easier to get people to realize it when it is being done to those that they view are helpless to stop and thus easier to get more people to react and that is what is needed.
Disgraceful! That girl being thrown around all because she had the contact lens fluid. Another point is, people around will feel so intimidated and scared that they wont want to intervene if they see these abuses for fear of being arrested themselves.
The problem is not really the TSA or other airport security. I mean, they (apart from some power-hungry fuckwits) are just doing their job. Their is no point in quoting your fourth amendment rights to the TSA because essentially you waived those rights as soon as you bought an airline ticket ("be searched, or you don't fly"). What is needed is a change in government policy. It seems to me in the US that change can be brought about by challenging these searches in the Supreme Court based on 4thA.
I agree that a lot of the TSA measures are disgraceful, but I do have some sympathies for the TSA employees. They're kinda damned if they do and damned if they don't.
@AuntieDiluvian well, anyone who knowingly takes a job getting paid to violate the rights of others has abdicated any quota of sympathy i may have for how difficult their job is.
until the gov't secures the borders, monitors cargo shipments, and stops acting like We The People are the problem, i cannot manage any to feel any respect for, nor empathy towards any TSA employee - people should actively NOT co-operate.
to quote Gandhi: "non cooperation with evil is a duty"
@gothatfunk If you read the TSA's published information on what officers can or can't do (tsadotgov/travelers/airtravel/specialneeds/editorial_1370.shtm#0) for example, you will see the child should NOT have had his braces removed. An officer was over-zealous or breached his/her code of conduct. There are bad/undisciplined officers in most organisations. It might be well to read what the TSA is or isn't allowed to do from its own website.
@AuntieDiluvian yes, well, i've been going over the website, and they repeatedly lie, saying they take care not to violate the civil liberties of passengers. an unwarranted search IS a violation, plain and simple.
lots of what i've read there so far is pure window dressing. as someone who used to write promotional material for companies, i find it vacuous, vague, disingenuous, and of little use since it barely resembles the reality on the ground.
I'm planning on going to Europe but I'm horribly terrified of this screening. I have a pretty severe and noticeable brace that blocks me out of the 3D scans. :c What angers me the most is the blatent discrimination against people with disabilities because 'A TERRORIST MIGHT MAKE A PROSTHETIC BOMB' ....Really? So you're going to force people who are different to look EVEN MORE different? Bah. :|
Wtf?! Fuck it, he still wasn't wrong. I can't believe Nixon said with a straight face having done what he did. But it doesn't invalidate what he said. He just gets condemned by his own words, maybe. He might not have got discouraged, he might in his own mind not have been petty, he may not have hated his enemies, but he still destroyed himself.
It's not hatred of the enemy that is so destructive to oneself. It is obession with the enemy that makes you become the enemy.
@Teloculos i would say that he destroyed his Presidency, but never lost his sense of personal dignity. i always had the sense that Nixon got so involved with politics that he forgot how to be President.
fucking insanity. im maxed out on anger at the way this joke of a world is going. how bad does it have to get before the people take their planet back from the facists?
@oojamaflipper dude, there are so many stories of abuse out there, i literally could have made an hour long video, and still only provided a sample. there were points during my research on this that i was literally shaking with anger.
This is plain ridiculous. There is NO justification for this level of stupidity. And then you hear moronic news anchors saying "Just suck it up and go through the scanner." I think to myself "What fucking planet are these people from?"
For fuck's sake, the cops can't even search you without a reasonable cause, but airport security can grope the shit out of you or force you to go through some full body scan. That's just so totally wrong. If you reject both options, you're screwed. It's spitting in the face of our constitutional rights. Wake up people! Do you really want to give up your rights for supposed security? I sure don't.
So, I guess I won't be flying for a while. Having a pound of titanium in my femur I'd be sure to get groped.
However, it does seem to me that a little security is essentially worthless, and it's only logical that *any* loophole left open will be exploited. Of course, it's probably a lot more fun just sitting back, saying "Boo" once or twice a year, and watching America destroy itself in an unending quest for absolute security.
I think I'm going to go out and buy a pocket copy of the bill of rights to bring with me when I travel now (with appropriate parts highlighted) so that I will have evidence on hand if I'm ever stopped. So far I've been very lucky to be in parts of airports that have metal detectors rather than porno-scanners. I will not go through those and I refuse to be groped, so one hopes I won't end up on one of those news reals in the near future....
I cannot believe the amount of invasion of privacy I have witnessed. The more I see the TSA's work the more disgusted I become by it. This organization needs to be done away with for good. Air port security is one thing, but this has clearly gone overboard. We as a people HAVE to stop letting the government walk all over us like this and stand up for our rights to privacy and to be treated with dignity!
Simple answer: Airlines should offer both high and low security flights and let people decide what they want to go through and what kind of flight they want to get on.
Micro-facial expressions are a demonstrably bullshit pseudo science, but hey the US, British and by extension Iraqi militaries have literally been using dowsing rod bomb detectors so what evs.
The best way to get back is to vote them all out. no Democrats no Republicans. No carrots no sticks. Vote for the nobody. The one with no political ties. Could the change really be any worse?
Excellent video Paul,faved.This whole thing is such a pity. I was just watching CNN AC360, and they were talking about how much these Rapi-scans actually miss on detecting explosives.I'm trying to gather more info as I go. Once again, this really is a great vlog and I thank you for contributing to these very important issues.Live free or die! ;) Peace onya.X
As much as I hate the republican party and Fox News... I find it awesome how Fox News is reporting it the same way we see it... I guess this is quite self-evident that this is unconstitutional when EVERYONE is talking about how bad it is except the people doing it
going through heathrow was so much easier than coming into chicago. even though i got put into the passport control naughty chair (obligatory white guy i suspect) i was passed through in a matter of minutes. chicago sucked.
gotta love how it used to be "welcome home sir!" is now lets look at you like you did something wrong and then "can we look at your bags, sir?"
security is a necessary evil, but not to this degree..
US needs the Aerfolot (re:Sulimov Dog) dogs for bomb detection :)
It won't be Al-Queda posing a threat, one day there'll be some average guy who could be your neighbour or someone you've known all your life. This one day, he'll be pissed off, next thing you know he's running around the terminals, pumping round after round into TSA staff and members of the public. THEN all this "security" will have a new legitimacy.
In Europe and East Asia they manage to have pre-flight security without being needlessly invasive. If there's GOOD reason to search somebody in an invasive manner then it will be done; if it involves the removal of clothes or a personally embarassing scenario it is done in private. I can't think of any reason why the TSA cannot be equally as humane.
Deplorable, I agree but can you try and offer an alternative solution within your Vlog. My problem is, what alternative is there? No security, only magnetic detection, only full body scans, no full body scans, whats the solution? I agree that fear is the only thing to fear but would it really be wise to remove preflight security?
@southmcl yep, i will. obviously, we have to take security seriously, but this isn't doint that. did you know that ALL the cargo on flights coming in doesn't get scanned? luggage does, and people do, but not cargo. why not? cos its too damned expensive.(!)
frankly, i think they should be checking places where you can easiy hide shit, (like in a cargo container) rather than your underwear.
@gothatfunk Plus what the fuck are they doing searching a little girl? All she has to do is walk through the metal detector so she is not smuggling a gun, for mummy or daddy. Surely thats the most a child should have to undergo. Sanity is a failing of security staff everywhere.
@gothatfunk "i think they should be checking places where you can easiy hide shit, (like in a cargo container) rather than your underwear" they seriously don't scan luggage at all, in any way? that's crazy, you could have a timed bomb in there.
@BillKiernan luggage gets put through metal detectors. cargo does not get scanned at all. in my next video vlog about this i will have a shitload of articles and other links, so people can wade through this.
having read and watched so much on this over the past week, i've come to the conclusion this is all show.
@gothatfunk Don't you love that whenever you point out a horror, someone is bound to say, "but what alternative is there, besides this horror?" this is just human neurological misfire. The answer is, -um, anything but this? And clearly human beings are way more adaptable than what's beneficial for us. We work against our own interests with this default setting of "oh well it must be this way for a good reason", I'm so disgusted with that, but I was born a revolutionary.
@southmcl Man, the whole of humanity just zooms in most of the time, and see the issues from too close. You ca't solve anything like that. Back up a bit and it becomes obvious.
Once the USA stop pimping other countries, once they put George Bush and Cheney behind bars, once they stop promoting fucking world finance via Federal Reserve and Wallstreet, once they say a fucking Sorry to their victim Nations,and once they use intelligence rather than intimidation, the USA wont be in danger at all.
@dimebag690 i know a few people who now won't fly to america cos they don't any reason the USA should ask for, or keep a record of, their fingerprints, something ALL incoming foreigners now have to do. its bullshit.
I'll be really interested to see what the national "opt-out" day comes down to. Call me a skeptic but I find it hard to believe anyone who flies that day will make alternative arrangements. All we can do is hope for complete chaos because of the body searches which will make more sleeping people understand how this effects them and the big picture.
TSA= nazi youth being trained.
Mathew1985AZ 8 months ago
that Fat guy on 60 minutes is a FUCKIN NAZI!
Mathew1985AZ 8 months ago
the TSA are just a bunch of NAZI FUCKs.
Mathew1985AZ 8 months ago
when will people wake up 2 this bullshit we call security
TXCCAM 10 months ago
"Unreasonable", those are what we call "weasel words". Thank the supreme court, this is legal, and it's your fault for doing what they tell you and shunning radicals like me. Hope ya get purged! :)
Donatellangelo 1 year ago
"If you give us somebody who looks nine months old..." he might be just a motherfucking nine-year old?
sapunec7854 1 year ago
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@arundel29 You are delusional if you think this is good for the public.
varnlestoff 1 year ago
why don't you use dogs they are better at this then those machines or tuching you
olmosm1 1 year ago
@olmosm1 airport security solution - bomb sniffing dogs
olmosm1 1 year ago
@olmosm1 search this on youtube, airport security solution - bomb sniffing dogs
olmosm1 1 year ago
But if the government cannot do whatever they want to whomever they want at will at an airport, Jones will come back!
Evilanious 1 year ago
A trip to your local US airport, shows clearly that the terrorists have already won.
socialgarbage2 1 year ago 2
5 year old American girl a terrorist??????? Hahahahaha...
Common sense seems to be not very common for Americans.....
GRGO007 1 year ago
Is American Govt promoting Gays??
GRGO007 1 year ago
I had my knee replaced several years ago. So when I fly I know that I will set off the metal detectors and am proactive. I tell the security immediately upon reaching them. I am typically taken over, giving the wand asked to remove my shoes and they are typically satisfied. I never felt put upon and I don't beleive there was any bad intent. I was glad to comply. If they wanted a pat down or a strip search I would comply. I want to be safe and I am glad someone is doing this (awful ) job!
AmericanGayAtheist 1 year ago
@arundel29 how do you define "necessary steps"? how can you know taking the steps they have taken will "ensure" safety?
what's to stop a terrorist from bombing something other than a plane? please, wake up. its not as if airlines are the only target for terrorism.
finally, may i ask you, what rights are you absolutely not prepared to give up? are there any?
gothatfunk 1 year ago
Thank you for this video.
notyranny1 1 year ago
@GH0ST0FKAG thanks, it seemed sensible to mix it up. i deliberately didn't rely solely on national broadcasters, to avoid giving the impression this is a partisan issue. i also avoided all the infowars/alex jones vids on this subject, as i didn't want to undermine the point with conspiracy rhetoric.
thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
I'd like to put this on my laptop so I can open my computer and have it playing while I wait in line at the security checkpoint.
earthsbullsh 1 year ago
People can make all the noise they want about this, write to all their government officials, send letters to the editors, and even write to the airports using TSA. The ONLY thing that will make it change will be when the airlines start feeling the pinch of the almighty dollar. And...that ain't gonna happen.
debbieomi 1 year ago
The average joe traveling by air is not going to take a boat, train, or car because it will slow him down. We're selfish humans and although we may sympathize with these incidents, until it is themselves, a close friend or family member, they will keep on flying. Those who do choose to not travel by plane need to tell the airlines and airports that they were going to fly but changed their minds and spell it out for them.
debbieomi 1 year ago
It's all good and well to protest with our voices...how about protesting with our actions?
debbieomi 1 year ago
The terrorists won.
n3rdm4n 1 year ago
Fuck it, I'm just going to stay and die here in Canada.
TekLok 1 year ago
I'm gonna mirror this.
Justinfh2point0 1 year ago
@Justinfh2point0 cool beans.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
Paul, man I gotta say this was very moving. That 4 year old boy could have been my son. Great job man. I look forward to more.
mconn2112 1 year ago
I'm sorry, but I would straight up fucking kill someone that put their hands on me, period.
1 thing though, about the behavior detection officers, they have the same thing in Israel.
squirreljester2 1 year ago 2
@squirreljester2 i would trust a dog doing that job more than a human being. less prejudice.
i think i'd fail behaviour detection and get searched, cos i fucking can't stand authority figures. i certainly get enought ugly stares from security people at airports in various countries. (they REALLY didn't like the look of me in Rome lol)
gothatfunk 1 year ago
@gothatfunk I hear ya brotha, and while I don't look as white supremest as you (hehe), my psycho eyes and leather trench I wear doesn't help.
squirreljester2 1 year ago
TSA is nothing more than a nationwide Stanford prison experiment.
VincentVonGoat 1 year ago
Great compilation, bro.
Remember people. Be afraid. Make sure the security lobbyists have lots and lots of money and be VERY AFRAID!
ne0nblackaeterna 1 year ago
phenomenal job Paul! bravo!!!
jakluk4 1 year ago
@jakluk4 thanks hon. rant will be in a day or two.....
gothatfunk 1 year ago
@gothatfunk i cant wait to hear it! =)
jakluk4 1 year ago
Great, great and even more great vid bro!!!
Great on you for posting this!
Peace.
KazukiSeirei 1 year ago
6:32 "nice and courteous to him 'cause that's your job"
Violating someone and touching them in their private places is nice? Delusional ass...
SomethingSea1 1 year ago
@SomethingSea1 hey, if someone is smiling as they touch you, what's the problem, right?
gothatfunk 1 year ago
the terrorsist don't need to bother getting on the plane now... they will kill more people if they blow themselves up in the waiting line..... -.-
BlankPageNumberXIII 1 year ago 7
@BlankPageNumberXIII ..You what, the funny thing is you're right...But don't tell them or they'll start putting checkpoints before the checkpoints. just to make it extra safe.
CrazyDonnaVids 1 year ago
Fuck the TSA.
M0US3P0T4TO 1 year ago
Important issue and great video on it. Keep up the good work.
Eminemno1fan 1 year ago
Hey man, don't be putting down these TSA agents; they are "just following orders".
bowlsallbroken 1 year ago
I'm ok with the scans and a strip search, but if the apes touch me, even shake my hand there will be problems. It doesn't matter who does it. I don't want tsa touching me at all. Have the international tourists stopped coming yet? ;) Hmm. On the bright side, I may have several rows of seats to myself in a more intimate environment with more attention from the staff. Might be worth it. Nah. Nothing is worth the tsa in its current form,
flashman2012 1 year ago
just give the pilot a gun like 9mm handgun and some training
raymondo900 1 year ago
No matter how many videos you make about this, it will never be enough. This is a huge issue. We're all losing our freedoms right now. Not GOING to lose them; they're flying out the window in a desperate chain of failure.
TheOtherSide100 1 year ago
@TheOtherSide100 seriously, i didn't realise the abuses were as widespread or frequent as they are, and that's just what you can find on youtube videos WITHOUT even touching a single alex jones/infowars one (i made a point of not even looking at any of his).
its really simple - this breaks both the presumption of innocence AND the right to security of the person against unwarranted searches. the fact that these agents don't even seem to know we have 4th amendment rights is pretty bad.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
My wife is American and before i met her i thought US was a symbol for freedom. But lately i start to feel it has turned into a fascist police states.
During my first trip to USA was i stripped down to my underwear standing in a line together with other males and females suspected for smuggling drugs because the dogs had point out my bags, reason was i had easter candy in them for my wifes kids. I say in this case shit happen but this shit start to happen to often to to many ppl.
Gripen1974 1 year ago
FDR quote ftw. Jeffery Goldberg noted on his blog, that blowing up all the folks standing in the long security lines would be as effective as blowing up the plane. I think more work needs to be done on security before folks are about to board their plane.
Al Qaeda put out their hardy har hars, saying this was all part of their plan of a thousand cuts, yada yada, and of course they were spinning it in their favor, but there are US citizens who are feeling tormented by these searches.
phenixwryter 1 year ago
Remember George Bush saying the reason the terrorists hate us is because of our freedoms? I guess they wont be hating us much longer. Soon they wont want to attack us, they will want to live here.
prodigyat9 1 year ago
I love the section on screener school. Oh boo-hoo, you're stressed out because you perform illegal searches on 4 year olds and cripples all day? Get a real job.
mchance27 1 year ago 4
Awesome work!
mchance27 1 year ago
I haven't watched the whole video but according to that dmca guideline are you saying that whenever anyone uploads a video on to youtube that it's within anyones rights to use that video?
CappitranoBellephant 1 year ago
@CappitranoBellephant "fair use" is pretty straight forward in the main.
you may use portions of any (but not the entire) publication, for the purposes of commentary, critique, or analysis. satire is a bit of a grey area. as long as you are not gaining financially from someone else's work, and only use excerps,
so yeah, any video is fair game as long as you stay within the rules of 'fair use'.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
@gothatfunk Oh thanks for clearing that up. BTW I really liked the video, my brother and my nephews are comming to visit us for T-day and I was also concerned about TSA groping/radiation because my nephews comming who are 3 and 6. I think my brother was too because he decided to drive from New York city. People have argued that these checks r necessary & they r necessary but there has to be a better way. Keep up the good work paul!
CappitranoBellephant 1 year ago
Excellent video. Another reason for me to not fly, besides being afraid of it.
kelliko70 1 year ago
I'd love to visit America one day, but I'd never go while this type of treatment was a possibility. Crazy business!
No1Chapski 1 year ago
the bottom line folks is no one and i mean no one is ever safe. there is no such thing. tommorrow you could be walking down the street and get hit by a car that jumps the curb. that plane your on could have a mechanical failure and crash which is much more likely than a terrorist hijacking the way corporations are cutting jobs and making people do more and more to keep thier job. this is not saftey or security folks it is becoming enslavement to government step by step and inch by inch...
hellshade2 1 year ago
i'm so damned pissed off with the tsa before this video and i'm even more incensed after it. the tsa has not stopped or caught 1 terrorist to date and they treat people inhumanely. it must stop....
hellshade2 1 year ago
How anyone could thumbs down this video boggles my mind. I wish I could just get the fuck out of this country and never return. This is fucking insane that anyone would say this is ok. Can they not see what's going on? Slowly seeing how much "rights" we as citizens are willing to give up in order to feel safe and secure. Next we will be subjected to mandatory cavity searches... from new born to 100 + years old... not just in the airport, but at the local fucking mall. I hope you all feel safe.
tattooskin72 1 year ago
@tattooskin72 well, the down thumb might be a TSA worker *shrug* or maybe someone who objects to my shameless quote mining. or it could be a hater. or maybe someone genuinely thought the video was boring and too long and its all a fuss over nothing. they are out there, i've seen so many comment sections where people's attitude is "just suck it up or don't fly".
*sigh*
gothatfunk 1 year ago
It seems to me that the best way to end this is to, if you see them touch someone like child or handicapped person, you stand against them, loudly and bring a camera. While it's vile on all people it is easier to get people to realize it when it is being done to those that they view are helpless to stop and thus easier to get more people to react and that is what is needed.
Durakken 1 year ago
Disgraceful! That girl being thrown around all because she had the contact lens fluid. Another point is, people around will feel so intimidated and scared that they wont want to intervene if they see these abuses for fear of being arrested themselves.
Thanks for uploading this Paul.
musicgeniusno1 1 year ago
The problem is not really the TSA or other airport security. I mean, they (apart from some power-hungry fuckwits) are just doing their job. Their is no point in quoting your fourth amendment rights to the TSA because essentially you waived those rights as soon as you bought an airline ticket ("be searched, or you don't fly"). What is needed is a change in government policy. It seems to me in the US that change can be brought about by challenging these searches in the Supreme Court based on 4thA.
cailleacbhuer 1 year ago
I agree that a lot of the TSA measures are disgraceful, but I do have some sympathies for the TSA employees. They're kinda damned if they do and damned if they don't.
AuntieDiluvian 1 year ago
@AuntieDiluvian well, anyone who knowingly takes a job getting paid to violate the rights of others has abdicated any quota of sympathy i may have for how difficult their job is.
until the gov't secures the borders, monitors cargo shipments, and stops acting like We The People are the problem, i cannot manage any to feel any respect for, nor empathy towards any TSA employee - people should actively NOT co-operate.
to quote Gandhi: "non cooperation with evil is a duty"
gothatfunk 1 year ago 4
@gothatfunk If you read the TSA's published information on what officers can or can't do (tsadotgov/travelers/airtravel/specialneeds/editorial_1370.shtm#0) for example, you will see the child should NOT have had his braces removed. An officer was over-zealous or breached his/her code of conduct. There are bad/undisciplined officers in most organisations. It might be well to read what the TSA is or isn't allowed to do from its own website.
AuntieDiluvian 1 year ago
@AuntieDiluvian yes, well, i've been going over the website, and they repeatedly lie, saying they take care not to violate the civil liberties of passengers. an unwarranted search IS a violation, plain and simple.
lots of what i've read there so far is pure window dressing. as someone who used to write promotional material for companies, i find it vacuous, vague, disingenuous, and of little use since it barely resembles the reality on the ground.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
I declare this your best video Paul. You are truly an American Patriot in the best sense of the word.
toddlusk 1 year ago
@toddlusk that's one of the highest compliments anyone has yet paid me on youtube. thanks.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
@gothatfunk No need to thank me. You earned it.
toddlusk 1 year ago
I've got another one. TSA - Touch Someone Awkwardly. Somewhere out there Osama is in hysterics over how well he's manipulated our countries.
Orygyn 1 year ago
Targetted Sexual Assault
Theatrical Security Arrangements
These Silly Americans
Take Some Action!
gothatfunk 1 year ago
4:04 < - my incredible fear. I have medical paperwork saying i can't take it off. :<
mikamikamika 1 year ago
I'm planning on going to Europe but I'm horribly terrified of this screening. I have a pretty severe and noticeable brace that blocks me out of the 3D scans. :c What angers me the most is the blatent discrimination against people with disabilities because 'A TERRORIST MIGHT MAKE A PROSTHETIC BOMB' ....Really? So you're going to force people who are different to look EVEN MORE different? Bah. :|
mikamikamika 1 year ago
What's that last quote from? I really like that.
Teloculos 1 year ago
@Teloculos that was Richard Nixon saying thanks and farewell to the Whitehouse staff before he left office.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
@gothatfunk
Wtf?! Fuck it, he still wasn't wrong. I can't believe Nixon said with a straight face having done what he did. But it doesn't invalidate what he said. He just gets condemned by his own words, maybe. He might not have got discouraged, he might in his own mind not have been petty, he may not have hated his enemies, but he still destroyed himself.
It's not hatred of the enemy that is so destructive to oneself. It is obession with the enemy that makes you become the enemy.
Teloculos 1 year ago
@Teloculos i would say that he destroyed his Presidency, but never lost his sense of personal dignity. i always had the sense that Nixon got so involved with politics that he forgot how to be President.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
Fear is the mind killer. It is the little death that brings total obliteration.
Teloculos 1 year ago
fucking insanity. im maxed out on anger at the way this joke of a world is going. how bad does it have to get before the people take their planet back from the facists?
oojamaflipper 1 year ago
@oojamaflipper dude, there are so many stories of abuse out there, i literally could have made an hour long video, and still only provided a sample. there were points during my research on this that i was literally shaking with anger.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
When will Americans realize that their government has become the leading fascist nation of the world?
Smirnoff71 1 year ago
Excellent video GTF!!!! TSA has gone nuts!
graphattic 1 year ago
Well thats it I'm not going to USA again. But funk, is the UK headed for the same fate?
princessannikki 1 year ago
@princessannikki Yes, we got the same shit in Europe. In Amsterdam no less, and Germany at least.
graphattic 1 year ago
terrorists goal is to create terror...they succeeded...they won.
wonderpope 1 year ago 6
This is plain ridiculous. There is NO justification for this level of stupidity. And then you hear moronic news anchors saying "Just suck it up and go through the scanner." I think to myself "What fucking planet are these people from?"
samOFblorx 1 year ago
For fuck's sake, the cops can't even search you without a reasonable cause, but airport security can grope the shit out of you or force you to go through some full body scan. That's just so totally wrong. If you reject both options, you're screwed. It's spitting in the face of our constitutional rights. Wake up people! Do you really want to give up your rights for supposed security? I sure don't.
Roseybaby63 1 year ago
Why are right wing hawks SO afraid? They have their Bibles and their guns. They need to calm the fuck down.
SiriusMined 1 year ago
Rarely do I have an occasion to agree with something on Fox news. Now that I do, that must mean I'm fair and balanced. Cheers gtf.
churchofstfu 1 year ago
So, I guess I won't be flying for a while. Having a pound of titanium in my femur I'd be sure to get groped.
However, it does seem to me that a little security is essentially worthless, and it's only logical that *any* loophole left open will be exploited. Of course, it's probably a lot more fun just sitting back, saying "Boo" once or twice a year, and watching America destroy itself in an unending quest for absolute security.
jagmarz 1 year ago
Die standing (which i will) or serve on your knees, it's your choice!
lostinthemix 1 year ago
I think I'm going to go out and buy a pocket copy of the bill of rights to bring with me when I travel now (with appropriate parts highlighted) so that I will have evidence on hand if I'm ever stopped. So far I've been very lucky to be in parts of airports that have metal detectors rather than porno-scanners. I will not go through those and I refuse to be groped, so one hopes I won't end up on one of those news reals in the near future....
BornWithoutReligion 1 year ago
@BornWithoutReligion i hope you don't end up on a newsreel!
gothatfunk 1 year ago
Great video man. Fight the power.
LordNapalm 1 year ago
I cannot believe the amount of invasion of privacy I have witnessed. The more I see the TSA's work the more disgusted I become by it. This organization needs to be done away with for good. Air port security is one thing, but this has clearly gone overboard. We as a people HAVE to stop letting the government walk all over us like this and stand up for our rights to privacy and to be treated with dignity!
silver6kraid 1 year ago
★★★★★
MadBadVoodo 1 year ago
I'm gonna mirror this if you don't mind bro. Don't have the time to do my own and frankly I'm too pissed off.
RelaxGodfolk 1 year ago
@RelaxGodfolk feel free mate.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
Simple answer: Airlines should offer both high and low security flights and let people decide what they want to go through and what kind of flight they want to get on.
natureboywonder 1 year ago
Micro-facial expressions are a demonstrably bullshit pseudo science, but hey the US, British and by extension Iraqi militaries have literally been using dowsing rod bomb detectors so what evs.
OrdinaryHumon 1 year ago
The best way to get back is to vote them all out. no Democrats no Republicans. No carrots no sticks. Vote for the nobody. The one with no political ties. Could the change really be any worse?
slanelcla 1 year ago
Excellent video Paul,faved.This whole thing is such a pity. I was just watching CNN AC360, and they were talking about how much these Rapi-scans actually miss on detecting explosives.I'm trying to gather more info as I go. Once again, this really is a great vlog and I thank you for contributing to these very important issues.Live free or die! ;) Peace onya.X
VitaVeritasVictoria1 1 year ago
As much as I hate the republican party and Fox News... I find it awesome how Fox News is reporting it the same way we see it... I guess this is quite self-evident that this is unconstitutional when EVERYONE is talking about how bad it is except the people doing it
Sasukelegend5 1 year ago
Great video Paul, nicely put together. Looking forward to hearing more :)
prettylilpandagirl 1 year ago
Those sons of *dogs*.
VagianTuerous 1 year ago
going through heathrow was so much easier than coming into chicago. even though i got put into the passport control naughty chair (obligatory white guy i suspect) i was passed through in a matter of minutes. chicago sucked.
gotta love how it used to be "welcome home sir!" is now lets look at you like you did something wrong and then "can we look at your bags, sir?"
security is a necessary evil, but not to this degree..
US needs the Aerfolot (re:Sulimov Dog) dogs for bomb detection :)
dv8tion242 1 year ago
don't fly...take a train... I never was searched, or groped or stared at taking a train... too bad.. I'm very lonely.
Elenkhos 1 year ago
It won't be Al-Queda posing a threat, one day there'll be some average guy who could be your neighbour or someone you've known all your life. This one day, he'll be pissed off, next thing you know he's running around the terminals, pumping round after round into TSA staff and members of the public. THEN all this "security" will have a new legitimacy.
ShallowBeThyGames 1 year ago
Studying facial features for anxiousness? Guess that means anyone who is afraid of flying is fucked. This whole thing is a joke.
StanMarsh1 1 year ago
That government is getting scary. Very excellent video Mr. Funk.
TheLaughingOut 1 year ago
In Europe and East Asia they manage to have pre-flight security without being needlessly invasive. If there's GOOD reason to search somebody in an invasive manner then it will be done; if it involves the removal of clothes or a personally embarassing scenario it is done in private. I can't think of any reason why the TSA cannot be equally as humane.
arcanics1971 1 year ago
Deplorable, I agree but can you try and offer an alternative solution within your Vlog. My problem is, what alternative is there? No security, only magnetic detection, only full body scans, no full body scans, whats the solution? I agree that fear is the only thing to fear but would it really be wise to remove preflight security?
southmcl 1 year ago
@southmcl yep, i will. obviously, we have to take security seriously, but this isn't doint that. did you know that ALL the cargo on flights coming in doesn't get scanned? luggage does, and people do, but not cargo. why not? cos its too damned expensive.(!)
frankly, i think they should be checking places where you can easiy hide shit, (like in a cargo container) rather than your underwear.
gothatfunk 1 year ago 4
@gothatfunk Plus what the fuck are they doing searching a little girl? All she has to do is walk through the metal detector so she is not smuggling a gun, for mummy or daddy. Surely thats the most a child should have to undergo. Sanity is a failing of security staff everywhere.
adolthitler 1 year ago
@gothatfunk Agreed. Theres a lot that should be done differently.
southmcl 1 year ago
@gothatfunk "i think they should be checking places where you can easiy hide shit, (like in a cargo container) rather than your underwear" they seriously don't scan luggage at all, in any way? that's crazy, you could have a timed bomb in there.
BillKiernan 1 year ago
@BillKiernan luggage gets put through metal detectors. cargo does not get scanned at all. in my next video vlog about this i will have a shitload of articles and other links, so people can wade through this.
having read and watched so much on this over the past week, i've come to the conclusion this is all show.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
@gothatfunk Don't you love that whenever you point out a horror, someone is bound to say, "but what alternative is there, besides this horror?" this is just human neurological misfire. The answer is, -um, anything but this? And clearly human beings are way more adaptable than what's beneficial for us. We work against our own interests with this default setting of "oh well it must be this way for a good reason", I'm so disgusted with that, but I was born a revolutionary.
booboonation 1 year ago
@southmcl Man, the whole of humanity just zooms in most of the time, and see the issues from too close. You ca't solve anything like that. Back up a bit and it becomes obvious.
Once the USA stop pimping other countries, once they put George Bush and Cheney behind bars, once they stop promoting fucking world finance via Federal Reserve and Wallstreet, once they say a fucking Sorry to their victim Nations,and once they use intelligence rather than intimidation, the USA wont be in danger at all.
graphattic 1 year ago
@ the end never travel to the U.S. again.
GodlessManitoban 1 year ago
I wonder how this will affect tourism. Ive been to quite a few airports and i have to say that the ones in the US feel very hostile.
dimebag690 1 year ago
@dimebag690 i know a few people who now won't fly to america cos they don't any reason the USA should ask for, or keep a record of, their fingerprints, something ALL incoming foreigners now have to do. its bullshit.
gothatfunk 1 year ago
This is scary. And I have to fly next month to NJ. :(
artemisfair 1 year ago
Holy fuck like people wouldn't be nervous with TSA's walking around. So let's spot who is nervous. FFS.
GodlessManitoban 1 year ago
I'll be really interested to see what the national "opt-out" day comes down to. Call me a skeptic but I find it hard to believe anyone who flies that day will make alternative arrangements. All we can do is hope for complete chaos because of the body searches which will make more sleeping people understand how this effects them and the big picture.
mikwid 1 year ago
And was that good ol' Tricky Dick Nixon at the end?
mikwid 1 year ago
@mikwid it was!
gothatfunk 1 year ago
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin
shogo7g 1 year ago 7
It's getting ridiculous. If you can travel by land do so.
GodlessManitoban 1 year ago
Damn, I was thinking X ray vision was going to be much more fun than this.
wearealltubes 1 year ago
A bunch of asshats, is what they are.
LicoriceLain 1 year ago
Our nation is throwing away it's 4th amendment rights hooray for being terrorized home of the brave my ass.
darkdragonsoul99 1 year ago