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swillden

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Tomahawk wrote:
Given that all airline security is a complete F-ing joke, I don't see the problem. May as well make it easier for those of us just trying to get to point B.
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Except I wouldn't call airport security a "joke". It's serious theatre. It's a show to make people feel safe so that they're willing to fly, but most theatre is pretty serious if you're one of the actors or one of the people paying for it.

But the key point is that it has little to nothing to do with security. 9/11 solved the airport security problem. Passengers now know that if someone tries to hijack or blow up your airplane, you kill them because otherwise they're going to kill you and a bunch of people on the ground, too.

Or at least you beat them up and restrain them. Problem solved.
 
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swillden wrote:
Tomahawk wrote:
Given that all airline security is a complete F-ing joke, I don't see the problem. May as well make it easier for those of us just trying to get to point B.
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+1

Except I wouldn't call airport security a "joke". It's serious theatre. It's a show to make people feel safe so that they're willing to fly, but most theatre is pretty serious if you're one of the actors or one of the people paying for it.

But the key point is that it has little to nothing to do with security. 9/11 solved the airport security problem. Passengers now know that if someone tries to hijack or blow up your airplane, you kill them because otherwise they're going to kill you and a bunch of people on the ground, too.

Or at least you beat them up and restrain them. Problem solved.
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+1. "Security Theatre" is one of my favorite phrases to mock all of that.
 
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