National Security is Getting out of Hand

A five year old boy was prevented from getting on a plane because his name was the same as the name of a wanted man. Seattle:

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=4226712&cl=5864401&src=news

And before you ask, no he's not black.

Now me personally after being subject to many "random" searches every time I have boarded an airplane makes me a little concerned about the focus of National Security when it comes to airlines. How in the world is this little boy of 5 possibly able to be wanted by the government for anything? He even had an identification card and clearly they could have ran his social security number without having to do a full search of everything they own. She was even instructed not to make any type of physical contact with her son until the ordeal was sorted out.

Another example of national security gone wrong is the death of Carol Gotbaum, angry and irate after missing her flight, she was found dead in the holding room having asphyxiated herself with the handcuffs they placed on her. Phoenix:

http://www.newsrightnow.org/articles/935/1/1081/Woman-detained-in-airport-dies-in-holding-room/Page1.html

Now, had this been a jail, items that may be used as weapons to harm self or another are taken. Is it normal for someone to be left alone in a holding cell handcuffed in an airport without any type of protection from themselves (if she was as disorderly as they claimed)? Security, in my opinion is there to ensure the safety of ALL passengers and passers-by in an airport.

When people are dying in the name of justice and children are being detained, you have got to stop and ask yourself what kind of nation are we living in? It seems as if this once inefficient Democracy is becoming something else, something more efficient, something darker. I would be surprised if Gestapo came out of the woodworks somewhere.

We really have to ask ourselves how much of our rights are we willing to give up in order to preserve order, to ensure safety, or to prevent discomfort. Are our rights, so eloquently designed by the forefathers of this country, becoming nothing more than illusions justified by the reality of terror?

And before any conservatives jump down my throat, I completely understand that people will always choose order and safety before disorder and uncertainties. I understand that the people at the airport were just doing their jobs and how the safety of all is more important that the comfort of one. However, in these cases, more than likely there were other people who walked on right on by, boarded one of those planes, and proceeding with whatever type of illegal activity such as: illegal slave trading, the distribution of narcotics, pedophilia and all the rest of the sex crimes, as well as everything else that goes down illegally - i.e. the Mile High Club...

But those are my thought, you can share yours if you want.

And I'm out.

'Tis All.