NY Terror Panic

The city of New York was rocked once again as five terrorists, sorry make that tourists, were forced to march off a double-decker bus with their hands up.

Their crime?

A "tour bus worker reported they seemed suspicious."

and

"A Gray Line dispatcher called 911 and told cops the men had backpacks and their pockets "stuffed".

The report continues -

"The men were forced to kneel on the sidewalk, with their hands bound behind their backs". (As illustrated on the right.) Eventually the police determined that they were in fact tourists, not terrorists and released the men under their own recognizance.
When interviewed about the situation, another tourist stated "What can you do?" shrugged Dan Lindgren, 46, of Arlington, Va. "It's the times we live in."

The Real EffectMy opinion? This is just plain old hyper-reactive behavior. Instead of thinking for once, we knee-jerk react and do whatever makes us 'feel better' while failing to address many of the situations that make suicide bombings possible. We search veterans effects in a vain attempt to stop these situations from occurring and yet they continue. We mount even more cameras on street corners to catch the terrorists after the fact and yet they continue to exploit the holes.

So what is the solution? Search people at airports? Then the terrorists use buses. Search people on buses? Then they use automobile. Set up checkpoints to invade everyone's lives so we can stop the insanity? Will that stop it? No.

How about setting up troops on the border with Canada and Mexico? How about searching all who enter over the borders? How about making sure those who are thugs and criminals are arrested AND jailed for their crimes instead of released for lack of space?
But will this happen? No. Why?

That is where The Real Effect comes in.

Searching people at the borders and prosecuting criminals will reduce crime and terrorism. It will actually work. This reduces the need for expensive and invasive systems such as the TSA, Highway Watch and citizen watch programs. This makes less money for the bureaucrats and politicians and erodes their power base. Where would the pay raise in that be? No this is typical problem-reaction-solution fear mongering in an attempt to strip the Republic and it's good people of their rights.


Edited for appearance and spelling on 3/1/2010.