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Sun Jan-01-06 10:37 AM
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| 68. First, they came for your freedoms, NOW they have come for your THOUGHTS |
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The Thought Police.
It's a dangerous path we're traversing. Dangerous indeed.
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| -Suspects' body language can blow their cover |
Rose Siding |
Dec-28-05 09:46 AM |
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if you fly, don't forget your meds, you may wind up in gitmo |
bpilgrim |
Dec-28-05 09:49 AM |
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so if you avoid eye contact, |
superconnected |
Dec-29-05 04:38 PM |
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This reminds me of all those lists for parents... |
regnaD kciN |
Jan-01-06 03:32 AM |
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that's pretty alarming |
UpInArms |
Dec-28-05 09:49 AM |
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eye contact does show aggression -- or sexual interest |
pitohui |
Dec-28-05 10:00 AM |
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Some cultures avoid eye contact---Navajo, for one.... |
hlthe2b |
Dec-28-05 10:15 AM |
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When somebody is focused on making eye contact with me |
NCevilDUer |
Dec-28-05 10:47 AM |
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Finland Seems to be Like That Too |
AndyTiedye |
Dec-28-05 04:29 PM |
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Have you read Mike Davis' "City of Quartz"? |
Jed Dilligan |
Dec-29-05 12:09 AM |
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No, I haven't but sounds interesting..... |
hlthe2b |
Dec-29-05 12:40 AM |
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DING DING DING! Pitohui, you're our grand prize winner! |
rocknation |
Dec-29-05 02:53 PM |
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It's awfully hard to 'teach' somebody these things! |
htuttle |
Dec-28-05 09:53 AM |
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Halliburton must have a Behaviorists R Us division |
Rose Siding |
Dec-28-05 10:08 AM |
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Sure, no one's EVER nervous about flying.... |
Sabriel |
Dec-28-05 09:54 AM |
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other people that avoid eye contact |
lwfern |
Dec-28-05 09:54 AM |
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exactly... |
ixion |
Dec-28-05 09:59 AM |
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Also people with bad hearing |
DavidD |
Dec-28-05 10:19 AM |
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Hearing Further Degraded by Just Getting off a Plane, In Many Cases |
AndyTiedye |
Dec-28-05 04:34 PM |
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don't forget people with autistic cluster disorders. |
zonmoy |
Dec-28-05 09:08 PM |
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People overwhelmed by crowds, lights & noise shut down in self-defense |
Hekate |
Dec-29-05 01:28 AM |
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I'm one of those over-sensitive types. |
progressivebydesign |
Dec-29-05 12:13 PM |
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battered women. young people. n/t |
progressivebydesign |
Dec-29-05 12:09 PM |
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omigod, most airport screeners can barely look for weapons |
soothsayer |
Dec-28-05 09:55 AM |
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now that's just silly |
pitohui |
Dec-28-05 09:59 AM |
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What are you saying? |
lwfern |
Dec-28-05 10:32 AM |
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individual weapons might be able to read personal signatures, firing immed |
bpilgrim |
Dec-28-05 12:50 PM |
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I never look at these TSA things |
BareNakedLiberal |
Dec-28-05 10:02 AM |
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Israel does this everyday |
Lochloosa |
Dec-28-05 10:08 AM |
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So do customs officers |
GregW |
Dec-28-05 10:13 AM |
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I don't give a god damned what Israel does |
DELUSIONAL |
Dec-28-05 10:15 AM |
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Yes, and I was "of interest" to them on a trip. Good experience. |
SharonAnn |
Dec-28-05 10:21 AM |
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Interesting suggestion. |
The Stranger |
Dec-28-05 10:44 AM |
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that link |
nodehopper |
Dec-28-05 04:38 PM |
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Try this. |
The Stranger |
Dec-28-05 04:44 PM |
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Me, too. n/t |
americanstranger |
Dec-28-05 04:45 PM |
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don't confuse causation and correlation |
MisterP |
Dec-28-05 05:16 PM |
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And what "cover" does a "suspect" need? |
gratuitous |
Dec-28-05 10:08 AM |
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I'm so glad that this STUDIED ARTICLE sets me straight!!! |
slampoet |
Dec-28-05 10:10 AM |
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so they will have more innocent targets to shoot??? |
DELUSIONAL |
Dec-28-05 10:11 AM |
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And what if you're just a spaz? nt |
The Flaming Red Head |
Dec-28-05 10:52 AM |
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So, abuse survivors are going to get extra, invasive physical screening? |
politicat |
Dec-28-05 12:19 PM |
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The next headline, "TSA agents to receive special training in Phrenology" |
Jose Diablo |
Dec-28-05 12:43 PM |
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Frist's blind trust prevents him from knowing he got the $10 Billion |
donkeyotay |
Dec-29-05 11:45 AM |
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THERE'S Junior's next job! |
Buns_of_Fire |
Jan-02-06 07:09 AM |
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I always avoid eye contact with authorities |
lizzy |
Dec-28-05 12:46 PM |
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They're gonna catch a lot of Aspies |
TrogL |
Dec-28-05 12:54 PM |
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I ALWAYS avoid eye contact with random cops |
tatertop |
Dec-28-05 01:03 PM |
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And Some People's Body Language Just Blows |
AndyTiedye |
Dec-28-05 04:25 PM |
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I always look them STRAIGHT in the eyes |
symbolman |
Dec-28-05 04:36 PM |
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Better never let GW on the stand then.. |
mtnester |
Dec-28-05 04:46 PM |
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This Applies In Spades To Bush, Cheney, Condi, Et al. |
Demeter |
Dec-28-05 04:51 PM |
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Kicky kick, kickedy kick, kick kicky kickedy kick......kick.....kicky..... |
nolabels |
Jan-01-06 07:39 AM |
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John Gotti looked em all in the eye and Sammy "The Bull" |
0007 |
Dec-28-05 05:58 PM |
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You'd think taxpayer dollars could go to more than eye contact classes |
SomewhereOutThere424 |
Dec-28-05 07:11 PM |
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That's fucking ridiculous. |
Spider Jerusalem |
Dec-28-05 07:20 PM |
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I hope they have factored in cultural differences in body language, |
Wordie |
Dec-28-05 08:49 PM |
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This already happened to me on a flight yesterday. |
sleipnir |
Dec-28-05 10:39 PM |
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ever get those WAITERS/Waitresses that overdo the EYE CONTACT? Annoying |
NIGHT TRIPPER |
Dec-28-05 10:55 PM |
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Its not terribly difficult to train someone to act normally. |
K-W |
Dec-29-05 12:14 AM |
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Asperger Syndrome sufferers - shoot on sight n/t |
TheBaldyMan |
Dec-29-05 01:11 AM |
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That's great -- I have a bad stammer when I'm excited or nervous |
LostinVA |
Dec-29-05 07:47 AM |
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sounds to me like a simple excuse |
HuffleClaw |
Dec-29-05 07:47 AM |
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Facecrime. |
Orsino |
Dec-29-05 08:18 AM |
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So according to this rational... |
Javaman |
Dec-29-05 09:29 AM |
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So introverts and shy people are to be harrassed now? |
Solon |
Dec-29-05 10:21 AM |
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How do they differentiate from a nervous, anxious, traveller? |
progressivebydesign |
Dec-29-05 12:09 PM |
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Professor Lotofsnot just told me a nose picker is a sure |
0007 |
Dec-29-05 03:00 PM |
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"I wear my sunglasses at night" |
chat_noir |
Jan-01-06 08:54 AM |
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First, they came for your freedoms, NOW they have come for your THOUGHTS |
Earth_First |
Jan-01-06 10:37 AM |
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This is actually not too uncommon a practice in modern Law Enforcement. |
The Animator |
Jan-01-06 11:26 AM |
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well since i don't drive around w. dead bodies in the trunk |
pitohui |
Jan-01-06 09:17 PM |
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