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Have you been to Geneva? Most of the time I go from the train station to the gate in 20 minutes, including security.
by erispoe 10y ago
Have you been to Geneva? Most of the time I go from the train station to the gate in 20 minutes, including security.
- xanadohnt 10y agoMy point was we shouldn't have to wait for security checks at all. There are many other high-human density targets for terrorism (buses, trains, buildings, etc.) none of which require security checks. Why are airports / flying any different? Fear mongering by capitalistic stake holders is my opinion. Granted, I'm a jaded American who has to experience the joke that is the TSA. And I haven't experienced Geneva yet (would love to), but 20m is much happier than your average US airport.
- wrs 10y agoIronically, the security line is a high human-density target.
- duderific 10y agoIt's (sort of) already happened - [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Los_Angeles_International_Airport_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Los_Angeles_International...
- beat 10y agoIndeed. It would be easy to bomb a high-density waiting line at airport security. You could put quite a large bomb in a suitcase and just wheel it in!
- CPLX 10y ago> There are many other high-human density targets for terrorism (buses, trains, buildings, etc.) none of which require security checks. Why are airports / flying any different? Because airplanes are giant 600mph flying bombs that can destroy large portions of major urban centers. I am as dismayed by the disaster that is the TSA as you or anyone, but let's not totally lose sight of the plot here.
- xanadohnt 10y agoThere must be 1000s of places along train tracks in the US alone where a strategically-placed derailing device[1] could wreak the same, if not more, terror. I'm unconvinced planes pose a greater risk to life loss and that is the point IMO. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derail