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"It seems to me (as a non-American) that America's default response to terrorism is to deprive itself of ever-more civil liberties. This is why I believe some o
by ygd 16y ago
"It seems to me (as a non-American) that America's default response to terrorism is to deprive itself of ever-more civil liberties. This is why I believe some on HN deem TSA articles HN-worthy material."
It's not just how America would respond. Almost any country would up security measures and, as a byproduct, deprive itself of civil liberties.
- fragmede 16y agoIn the 90's, Britain was under what could truly be called terrorist attack by the (P)IRA. Civil liberties were not severely curtailed to the same extent that the Patriot act allowed.
- irons 16y agoAlmost any country would up security measures and, as a byproduct, deprive itself of civil liberties. That's exactly wrong: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/744199---israelification-high-security-little-bother?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4ce0361af7973d2e,0 http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/744199---israelifi...
- hga 16y agoExcept that it sure doesn't look like the Israeli system could scale to US traffic volumes.
- MaysonL 16y agoSee: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/744199---israelification-high-security-little-bother http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/744199---israelifi... It's not upping security, it's upping security in a way which increases safety, at minimum inconvenience to traveleres. The US TSA bureaucracy, and its emphasis on scanning everything and everybody, and making everybody waste a lot of time, is dumb.