As ridiculous as it sounds, NYC is searching one out of every five subway riders for explosives in their backpacks. Any reasonable person with an ounce of common sense knows how imbecilic this is, including Mayor Bloomberg. What this PR stunt proves is that image is more important than protecting innocent commuters and making sure their bodies remain intact.
Just as long as the random searches are “fair” and non-discriminatory, Mayor Bloomberg, in his own mind, is doing his job.
When the NYC subway system is bombed and body parts are flung here, there, and everywhere, I hope the ghost of Lady Macbeth pays Bloomberg a visit. She can tell him that no amount of soap will wash the blood off his hands.
(A personal account)
Ann Althouse: “Currently, the official search procedure is to randomly select one person out of five — the old as well as the young, females as much as males. Actually, I find it hard to believe that they aren’t also noticing men with recently shaved beards and smelling of flower water. But isn’t it better not to mention they are?”
The dousing of flower water is prep work for “Paradise,” where they’ll have eternal sex with virgins.
Update: The object in the photo is what awaits NYC commuters as the cops frisk little old ladies while waving through young Muslim men of Middle Eastern descent carrying backbacks: nail bombs.
