I'm Okay With This ...

You know, I gotta say that I am a-okay with this. So long as the individuals who are being screened are treated with a sense of dignity, I'm fine. Seriously, the media can scream racial-profiling all they want, but the fact of the matter is this: the United States is under seige from radical, Islamic militants who are bent upon creating as much havoc as they can for a nation that they (being radicals) believe to be infidels.

Is it inconvenient for the average Muslim traveler who is not a radical? Yes. But I too face incoveniences in this life; and I do so for the cause of the greater good. So if the average Muslim really is not in support of his/her radical brethern, than he/she ought to support the greater good as well. And if they are in support of the radicals, too freakin' bad for you. So sorry you were inconvenienced!

Seriously! Stuff like this really annoys me. We have, as a nation, elevated individual autonomy to such sacred heights, that we have lost the concept of personal sacrifice. And I know that I leave me open to charges of asking more out of others than I ask of myself. But let me be the first to say this: if the Irish Republican Army starts terrorizing the U.S. to the tune of 3,000 deaths in a single day, I'll be the first Irish-American to step up for some extra screening.