The Crazy Rants of Samantha BurnsCanada's 'No Fly' List
... and what it means to me.
That is, aside from providing me with a little more safety and security while flying.
In case you haven't heard, Canada just came out with a new 'No Fly' list of names as an anti-terrorism strategy.
CSIS and the RCMP have compiled the Canadian list, which is designed to keep terror suspects off commercial flights in this country.The criteria involved in the list seems alright, but it may mean I can no longer fly.
I mean, just look at the checklist of criteria for whom cannot fly:
1. A person who is or has been involved in a terrorist group,Oh great, already I'm in the hot seat with my anti-PETA organisation, PERV.
2. A person who has been convicted of life-threatening crimes against aviationDoes that Nerf dart that I shot up into the air count? It really hurt my friend when it came down and poked him in the forehead. Or, perhaps I'll get the boot as a result of that BB Gun I once shot at a bird.
3. A person who has been convicted of one or more serious offences who may attack an air carrierNo comment.
Clearly, I'm not too concerned about my name being on the list, and I think the wackjobs who are freaking out about this new list are over-exaggerating (what's new)... or are possibly guilty.
Heck, it's much better than any pre-9/11 plan we've had - which is NONE!
Comments
"'No-fly' list could blacklist innocents: critics"
If the probabilty of an event is non-zero, given enough time it will occur
Equally the No-fly list could SAVE innocents
of the two which has the greater probability?
Posted by: Dan Kauffman | June 18, 2007 08:11 AM
Now, just wait up a second.
Being a member of an anti-PETA group says your a patriot of the sensible kind...
Posted by: Howard Larson | June 18, 2007 07:23 PM
True enough, I guess I'm safe, then, lol.
Posted by: Sam | June 18, 2007 07:25 PM
When was the last time Canada had an attack on an Airliner? 1985 and we didn't institute a no fly list after that incident.
This list is nothing more than a knee jerk reaction to what happened in America on 9-11 & an attempt to please the Americans.
What I fail to understand is why America didn't freak out after the FBI building bombing? Why didn't America institute a Dept of Homeland Security? Why wasn't a war waged on White Supremacist groups? Why weren't white people of Scottish background racially profiled? Why wasn't Christianity attacked by right pundits for its violent history & its edict to kill non-Christians? (Deuteronomy, Chapter 17:2-3,5). I guess the answer is that these measures aren’t based on safety but xenophobia, racism, and Islamophobia.
To quote Steve Mahoney former Liberal MPP. Canada is not a country that compiles lists. This isn’t the 1950’s and we are not Joe McCarthy.
This list has the potential to cause great damage. Civil rights groups and ethnic minorities are very worried. I understand few whites on the right are worried about this list. Perhaps they should think twice about this. Senator Kennedy’s name appeared on the no fly list. But perhaps this was a little joke the Bush administration played on him.
Maher Arar was tortured because lists like these. The potential for abuse & mistakes is massive.
This list is unnecessary. Canada doesn't have a terrorism or flight safety issues. We aren't the Americans.
Now I imagine you will delete my post or edit it.
Posted by: True Canadian | June 27, 2007 11:31 AM
911 was an inside job. Unless someone from the CIA or CSIS or any other secret government operative are on the flight you have nothing to fear at all.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=5547481422995115331
Posted by: Dean | July 9, 2007 07:53 PM