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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:57 AM Original message |
Question for people who think employer drug tests are a violation of your rights |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. How is looking for potential weapons, |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So if they find a lid of dope on you, they'll just wave you through? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You mentioned a metal detector. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I don't think it's weak at all |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. That in no way strengthens your argument. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Wait - potential employers have tapped your phone? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. They have asked me to pee for them and then ran that pee through |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I'm a statistician - want a list of tests that are also shockingly inaccurate? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. That is the way it works at some airports if one holds a medical |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. your snide response is snide |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Government has legitimate power to enforce laws even if the laws are stupid |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Fair enough answer nt |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Try the Oakland airport--if you're a medical marijuana patient. |
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Sukie (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I don't know. I'd kind of like to be confident that my pilot |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. That isn't what the poster asked. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. I have as much love for drug testing as i do for the Sicherheitsdienstt. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Self-service? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. What bothers me most about both of those... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. Do you think avoiding another terrorist attack is the same as being tested in some job? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. does airport security stick a needle in u and take blood or make u piss in a cup? nt |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. No, they just have the right to search your stuff and make your flight contingent |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. Does the TSA take bodily fluids from all travelers? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. So you draw the line at bodily fluids. That is a perfectly fine answer. nt |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
17. Really bad analogy. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's not an analogy. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. We don't have control over how the information is used. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. yes... i think it is beyond gross invasion of rights. why i dont give my money to be a part |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. There is a public safety interest in ensuring that people don't bring dangerous items on a plane |
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wovenpaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
25. Well, as of now anyway |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
27. But people don't have to fly to live. What is the alternatvie to working? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. +1 |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
29. This is the third thread I have seen on this topic today. Is there something in the water? nt |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
30. This is a classic straw man argument. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. Was the drug testing policy in place when hired? And as to the |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. Isn't this kind of like the conflation of mandatory health insurance and car insurance? |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. There's a differnce between flyin yer plane |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. If I am not intoxicated at work, what harm do I pose? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. Of course it is a violation. n/t |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. Terrorist =/= Pot use at home |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. Both employer drug testing and TSA searches are legal...and abhorrent |
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