[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'I')'m getting the inkling of an idea.... What if all these changes in what it takes to actually get on an airplane are...like a red herring, using "domestic and/or international terrorism" as the excuse to start restricting the use of air travel by the common man? (I haven't fully contemplated this idea, so be kind! )

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Arsenal', 'I')t would not have to be a "Shock All Button" Just a "baton" with an activation signal to turn on any device within 1 foot and a push button. Then the flight attendant could push this stick near you and press a button... Bam.. you are on the ground in pain.

[Jenab6]

My last commercial flight was in 1992, from Birmingham to Austin with a plane change in Houston... followed by the reverse four days later. I went from Alabama to Texas to apply for a job.

I haven't been aboard a commercial plane since. And I will never fly commercially again. The reason: harassment of passengers with ostensibly "anti-terrorism" procedures. The very possibility of a strip search would prevent me from buying an airline ticket. It didn't have to approach this zapper bracelet thing. People who fly are behaving in an unintelligent way, in my opinion.

[Micki]

By the way, love the name FREEDOM bracelet.
A bit like. PATRIOT ACT or BOOT OF LOVE kicking your face.

[Arsenal]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '
')
If you're gonna do that, why not just give the flight attendant a taser in the first place?

[HEADER_RACK]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')his will never happen of course.

[Tyler_JC]

Holy Crap!

I think I'd rather never fly again then sign up to be tasered whenever the airline decides to taser me.

Do they actually expect people to put their lives in the hands of people who believe that nail clippers are a national security risk?

What happens if there's a computer glitch and everyone gets zapped by accident?

[mattduke]

Shock and awe.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Arsenal', 'I') agree!! Of course that would not spend a lot of our tax money. I honestly think that there will never be another hijacking like 9-11 in America because the "sit and be good because someone will save us" attitude won't work IMHO. Now people would rather fight with a chance of surviving than be flown into a building with no chance.

[Tyler_JC]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Arsenal', 'I') agree!! Of course that would not spend a lot of our tax money. I honestly think that there will never be another hijacking like 9-11 in America because the "sit and be good because someone will save us" attitude won't work IMHO. Now people would rather fight with a chance of surviving than be flown into a building with no chance.

[jupiters_release]

Kind of ironic to see posters denounce the patriot remote control tazer solution yet fail to understand the only terrorist problem that exists is within the same powers which fund these solutions. Believing the official 9/11 public relations story of middle eastern box-cutter hijackers is exceptionally juvenile, no offense to the 12 or so peakoil members this applies to as I don't blame people for their misperceptions or lack of consciousness.

[Micki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jupiters_release', 'K')ind of ironic to see posters denounce the patriot remote control tazer solution yet fail to understand the only terrorist problem that exists is within the same powers which fund these solutions. Believing the official 9/11 public relations story of middle eastern box-cutter hijackers is exceptionally juvenile, no offense to the 12 or so peakoil members this applies to as I don't blame people for their misperceptions or lack of consciousness.

[Volcanic21]

I highly doubt that there is any chance of this bracelet being put into use by the airlines anytime in the near future, but I do find it worrisome that anyone would actually think it was a good enough idea to put it out into the public sphere. An indication of things to come, perhaps. How much liberty will we sacrifice in the name of security when TS really HTF?

[hardtootell]

Before the days of "renditions", torture and indefinite detention without trial, most people woulda thought this was a hoax. Now most sheeple would believe that "its for their own safety"
Safety from whom?

[jupiters_release]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Micki', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jupiters_release', 'K')ind of ironic to see posters denounce the patriot remote control tazer solution yet fail to understand the only terrorist problem that exists is within the same powers which fund these solutions. Believing the official 9/11 public relations story of middle eastern box-cutter hijackers is exceptionally juvenile, no offense to the 12 or so peakoil members this applies to as I don't blame people for their misperceptions or lack of consciousness.

[californydreamin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Byron100', 'I')f they implement this, that means I've already flown for the last time. It's okay, I won't miss it that much, I suppose. There's always Greyhound and Amtrak, for when I no longer have access to an automobile. Staying home is not a bad idea, either. Time to say goodbye to the airlines of old...if high fuel prices aren't quite enough to slay them, this absolutely *insane* rule will surly be the straw that breaks the backs of the airlines...all of them. It's stuff like this that makes me ashamed of being an American.

[Kingcoal]

I've just come up with a better, lower tech idea; shackles. It's cheap, effective and has the added benefit of keeping people in their seats during turbulence. After check in, a pair of ankle shackles is installed. That way, if there is a problem, the perpetrator can't run very fast. Once on the plane and seated, wrist shackles are installed to keep people in their seats. Travelers must wear adult diapers, as bathroom visits are no longer allowed. If a traveler wants something, the flight crew is to be addressed as boss. Any disrespect and that traveler spends the night in the box.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hat we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men.