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I'm far, far more concerned with dying from cancer, alzheimer's, car crashes, the flu, hospital mistakes, etc., than a terrorist. Statistically, in America, ter
by skookumchuck 8y ago
I'm far, far more concerned with dying from cancer, alzheimer's, car crashes, the flu, hospital mistakes, etc., than a terrorist. Statistically, in America, terrorist killings are right down there at the bottom.
- twtw 8y agoAnd yet they motivate all the decisions. Here we are, 17 years later, still in a "state of emergency" and the TSA has become normal.
- pmorici 8y agoTSA style airport security screening was put in place in the 1970's. The main thing that happened after 9/11 is they changed from using private security firms to having the federal government oversee it.
- twtw 8y agoYou and I have a very different idea of "TSA style." Prior the 9/11, there were essentially no restrictions on what you could carry onboard, and you weren't required to show ID. An associate of mine regularly carried his chainsaw on planes well after the 70s (needed for his occupation) - let me know how that goes today.
- charlesism 8y agoYoutube, Twitter and FB stoke extremism. I'm concerned friction between the left and right escalates into another civil war. I'm concerned that the rise of nationalists leads to another world war. If we continue to move in the coming decade the same direction we have the past decade, both outcomes are likely.