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This definitely was outrageous - but fear was not the driving force of the institutional behavior - it was the reasonable doubt.

• GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago
  I read the article and I didn't see any "reasonable" doubt there.
  • bkovacev 10y ago
    So as a security officer when someone says there might be a bomb - you would not react? That's reasonable?
    • bunderbunder 10y ago
      The security officer should ask for reason to believe there's a bomb that's a little bit more substantive than, "Dude was speaking a language I don't understand." Otherwise we're at great risk of crossing the line from authority-as-protector-of-the-public to authority-as-weapon-the-public-can-use-against-each-other. See also: swatting.