Pointing Fingers at Fingerprinting - Common Sense

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I love Neil Cavuto's Common Sense segment at the end of his show. I saw this one Tuesday and thought it was worth sharing. Tell 'em Neil!

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Pointing Fingers at Fingerprinting

Tuesday, January 06, 2004
By Neil Cavuto

FOX NEWS

So now it seems a lot of foreign countries are upset with our new fingerprinting and photographing security setup at U.S. airports.

Brazil calls it intrusive and is now doing the same to Americans coming into that country.

Scores of Middle Eastern nations says it discriminates against them.

Civil liberties activists call it intrusive and compromises our freedoms.

Well, here's a news flash to all of you: Get over it.

I'd rather compromise a little freedom here in the U.S. than compromise my life flying over the U.S.

And a news flash to critics abroad who say we're targeting them: No, we're looking out for those who target us.

You might recall we lost 3,000 innocent people a couple of years back, because we didn't check, didn't analyze and didn't question.

Well, now we are checking and we are analyzing and we are questioning. And for many, that's going to be an inconvenience. Well, too bad. Those who have nothing to hide have nothing to fear.

Flying is fundamentally different now than it used to be. That's a fact. Realize it and move on. And if you want to do the same to Americans coming into your country, have at it.

It's not as if flying hasn't become a hassle anyway. Most Americans, most folks in the world, would put up with a little more to feel a little safer.

Perhaps had some of you foreigners had terrorists fly planes into your buildings, you wouldn't be giving us your attitude. But you didn't and now you are.

It's a cold, cruel, nasty world out there. We were late to discover that in this country. It's amazing you still can't fathom it in yours.

Tuesday, January 06, 2004
By Neil Cavuto

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Well, now we are checking and we are analyzing and we are questioning. And for many, that's going to be an inconvenience. Well, too bad. Those who have nothing to hide have nothing to fear.

I think this comment says it all..

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What do people expect after 9/11 ? By doing so isn't the US looking out for inisant people, from every nation, who is flying into the US. Not only will the terorists kill Americans on those flights but everyone else, no matter what nation they are from.

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Well, now we are checking and we are analyzing and we are questioning. And for many, that's going to be an inconvenience. Well, too bad. Those who have nothing to hide have nothing to fear.

I think this comment says it all..

I agree. They don't like it, well just like Neil said........TOO BAD!!!