CycloWizard
Lifer
- Sep 10, 2001
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I'm suggesting we apply common sense to the situation rather than brute force. Use metal detectors and x-ray equipment like we did 10 years ago, but use them correctly like TSA hopefully does now. If someone can defeat that system, they can defeat the currently much more invasive system just as easily. The current system simply penalizes those who follow the rules. If the old guy with leg braces sets off the metal detector, apply common sense. If the three-year-old does it, make her put stuff in bins until she can pass through without setting it off. It's not rocket science. The problem is that people really believe that these measures effectively improve security. That position is one of ignorance. Ignorance is not a good reason to do anything.So what... You guys are suggesting we do absolutely nothing?
edit: I'll also ask here: how many bombs or other offensive devices (knives, guns, et cetera) have been found using the new screening techniques? I know TSA has a pocket knife of mine, but only because they found it the 17th time I went through security after September 11 (it was in a pocket of my toiletry bag that I had forgotten about). How many hijackings/bombings/hostage situations has this alleviated? I will suggest that the answer to the latter is none, because anyone with a bit of planning can easily defeat the current system, as has been demonstrated time and again by even the idiot journalists who do that sort of thing. The whole mess is nothing but a sham intended to make the ignorant feel safer, thereby propping up the airline industry.
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