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Originally Posted by Pierre
The terrorists were USA internal flights which at the time did not have metal detectors etc.
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Fair enough, I wasn't aware of that.
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Therfore now you can't even get on with a pair of nail scissors.
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You're not *supposed* to be able to get on with them, however I remind you of the British guys who, not long after September 11th, managed to get all the way back to the UK from Florida with knuckle dusters, combat knives and stun guns
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1643009.stm
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I am not for harassing "minorities" (however I would no longer call the Islamic community a minority). But let's say that a random stop and search led to a discovery of a terrorist cell. It could happen, you can't prove otherwise. [...] It may be a 1 in 1 million shot but becuase the odds are that long does that mean we shouldn't do it?
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Yes, I agree it *could* happen, but how likely is it? One in a million? Maybe.
But what *other* effects could result from trying to get that "one in a million" lucky hit? What effect could it have on relations between that community and the Police? And could it or could it not risk more youngsters turning to extremism?
Consider what effects those could have and then decide whether the chance of possibly discovering a terrorist cell is outweighed by massive breaches of Civil Rights and the loss of presumption of innocence.
What good is a "solution" that just make the problem worse?