As reported in many places

[james_davis_nicoll]

Silly me. I thought flying on 9/11 would be easy. I figured most people would choose not to fly that day so lines would be short, planes would be lightly filled and though security might be ratcheted up, we’d all feel safer knowing we had come a long way since that dreadful Tuesday morning 10 years ago.

But then armed officers stormed my plane, threw me in handcuffs and locked me up.

Comments

[lurkingcanadian.livejournal.com]

I suppose it makes me a bad person, but I find myself wishing the person who phoned in the anonymous tip is subjected to similar or worse treatment. That individual, at least, is guilty of hurting innocents.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

They could be simply ignorant, prone to anxiety disorders, etc. People using public transit systems, airports, etc. get repeatedly told "if you see something, say something", with the emphasis that not erring on that side could lead to a terrorist attack; it isn't necessarily stressed to them that there is no crackpot filter and this is going to lead to everyone who gets flagged and everyone with the wrong skin color who sits next to everyone who gets flagged being treated like a dangerous criminal.

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

Speaking for myself, I'm completely aware of all of that, and still want the person reporting this to be detained for hours of questioning. But I'm vindictive that way.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Yeah. OC Transpo cribbed the "If you see something..." shtick direct from NYC for their own use. An amusing picture of penguins with odd wardrobe choices goes with it.

And as for the rest of it...yeah. We need crackpot filters.

[eagle]

Bruce Schneier has a great stock reaction to the "if you see something, say something" nonsense: If you ask amateurs to do security, you get amateur security.