Thursday, August 04, 2005
NEW POLICY WORKING? SEARCH ME.
In response to the subway bombongs in London, the New York Transit Authority has instituted random searches of bags and belongings carried by subway riders. The Authority has stressed that the searches will be totally random, meaning that any number of young Arab or Middle Eastern looking fellows carrying Osama Bin Laden backpacks will be allowed to enter unchallenged if their number isn't, shall we say, up.
If a bomb carrier is selected and chooses not to be searched, no hard feelings, the prospective bomber is allowed to leave unchecked.
Meanwhile the line of those attempting to enter the subway gets longer and longer as grandmothers, diaperbag- carrying moms, and laptop-toting businessman are searched.
How's this going over? CBS Newsradio 880 asks one intrepid commuter who responds:
"If it makes me feel safer, I don't mind being searched."
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In response to the subway bombongs in London, the New York Transit Authority has instituted random searches of bags and belongings carried by subway riders. The Authority has stressed that the searches will be totally random, meaning that any number of young Arab or Middle Eastern looking fellows carrying Osama Bin Laden backpacks will be allowed to enter unchallenged if their number isn't, shall we say, up.
If a bomb carrier is selected and chooses not to be searched, no hard feelings, the prospective bomber is allowed to leave unchecked.
Meanwhile the line of those attempting to enter the subway gets longer and longer as grandmothers, diaperbag- carrying moms, and laptop-toting businessman are searched.
How's this going over? CBS Newsradio 880 asks one intrepid commuter who responds:
"If it makes me feel safer, I don't mind being searched."
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