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I'd even add basic things like the TSA to the list: the government says this is required for everyone to be safe, but every single study or analysis shows it is
by saurik 5y ago
I'd even add basic things like the TSA to the list: the government says this is required for everyone to be safe, but every single study or analysis shows it is ineffective and security experts universally deride it; and yet, the "authority"--which might literally be the agent at the scanner with a smug attitude about the whole thing--is adamant this is important and that maybe you are a terrorist for nothing other than making a sarcastic joke about the situation.
- zdragnar 5y agoMy elderly parents were both submitted to full body pat downs and my dad had to pull up his pant leg to demonstrate that yes, his leg brace was a medical device. Neither of them are physically capable of overwhelming my preschooler nephew let alone an air flight attendant. So much theater for so little security.
- zdragnar 5y agoLooking back on this comment, I probably should have included that this happened within the last month, as if we haven't had 20 years of practice figuring this out.
- VikingCoder 5y agoNo one wants to sign a bill pulling back TSA, and then see the headline "TSA would have stopped this terrorist." Voters are not reasonable, and the media fans those flames.
- saurik 5y agoIs that supposed to make me feel better, or worse? ;P I will say that if everyone (including the agent at the gate who doesn't seem to want to admit this to even themselves) said that out loud--instead of claiming it was a critical security measure--it would make me feel a lot better about the whole thing and I might not even be upset about it anymore (though at that point you might also see the public opinion holding it together change).