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This reasoning is a classic example of "we must do something; this is something; therefor, we must do it." You identify a danger, but do not tie the 'solution'
by _jal 6y ago
This reasoning is a classic example of "we must do something; this is something; therefor, we must do it."
You identify a danger, but do not tie the 'solution' of ID to how it mitigates the danger, what the tradeoffs are, and why it is a superior solution to other options.
- LatteLazy 6y agoNo one asked whether this was the right solution. They only asked why a solution is needed. That's a fair question, but it's not what I was asked :)
- gknoy 6y agoI think we disagree on whether a solution is needed, though. No one's going to be able to use an airplane as a missile again, since cockpits are locked. No passengers will sit idly by while someone with a knife tries to do something, and any benefit of securing planes is completely dwarfed by the giant crowd of vulnerable people in the not-yet-screened lines. Not only does this solution not solve the problem (unless you consider the problem to be "get re-elected" or "make my election contributors money"), but it centralizes vulnerabilities and makes any destructive event both more dangerous and easier to carry out.
- wlesieutre 6y ago> any benefit of securing planes is completely dwarfed by the giant crowd of vulnerable people in the not-yet-screened lines Sounds like a problem, we'd better start screening people before they get in line for screening