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> Should anyone be able to show up to an airport, pay for a ticket and board a flight anonymously? People can already do this when boarding a bus, boarding a t
by u801e 10y ago
> Should anyone be able to show up to an airport, pay for a ticket and board a flight anonymously?
People can already do this when boarding a bus, boarding a train or riding in a taxi.
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoBuses, trains and taxis only threaten their occupants. Planes can be weaponised as missiles.
- grzm 10y agoGround-based vehicles can definitely be used as offensive weapons. Plenty of examples of people not in vehicles being injured. The truck used in the attack in Nice, France is a very clear example. Granted, it wasn't a transit vehicle, but there's no reason why one couldn't be.
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoThere's a psychological difference between taking out pedestrians and taking out a building.
- grzm 10y agoYour claim was that taxis, buses, and trains couldn't be weaponized, not that there was a psychological difference between them. A bus or taxi can be run into a building as well. (I'll grant a train is different.)
- dragonwriter 10y agoGround vehicles have been used against buildings on numerous occasions, far more often than planes.
- closeparen 10y agoAmtrak and Greyhound require photo ID (though I've only had Amtrak ask to see it when paying cash), and taxis will not generally take you between cities. You could drive, but you will almost certainly pass some ALPR cameras. There is no anonymous long-distance transportation in the US.