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Not the original commentor, but I'd say two things: * Airport security got much more invasive post-9/11. For decades before that, people flew safely without th
by kdmccormick 3y ago
Not the original commentor, but I'd say two things:
* Airport security got much more invasive post-9/11. For decades before that, people flew safely without these tight security measures. So, how much of the intensification is actually preventing another 9/11 versus just making us all feel like the government "did something"? I don't have an answer (genuinely I don't know :), but there are opinions all over the spectrum here.
* Even if we do accept that all the security steps are necessary and there isn't much we can change, we can still find it miserable and dehumanizing.
So, being able to travel by train, where security checks are either noninvasive or not even required, is a breath of fresh air. That's the point the commentor was making. They weren't proposing they could fix airports.
- short_sells_poo 3y agoThe issue with removing these kind of regulations is always the same: there's fairly little political goodwill to be gained by it, and massive amount of potential loss if it were to backfire. So it just doesn't happen. It's why it's so important to fight pointless security theaters like this before they are introduced, because it is night impossible to get rid of them later.
- kdmccormick 3y agoThis confuses me, because it seems like almost everyone I talk to, across the political spectrum, thinks airport security is overkill. Conservatives could argue for reducing it because it might save money, and liberals could argue for reducing it because it might reduce incidence if racial profiling.
- short_sells_poo 3y agoAnd yet nobody is actually doing anything about it... I wonder why.
- kdmccormick 3y agoYeah, I am not saying you're wrong, I am honestly just confused by it. Perhaps it's that few pols are willing to roll back restrictions and then be "responsible" next time there's a terrorist attack. Kinda like how Dukakis was big into rehabilition and forgiveness for prisoners, which was great until a released prisoner committed violent crimes and of course then the blame is laid on Dukakis.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoIn reality, there were a lot of those measures already before 9/11 - they stopped giant wave of plane hijackings in early 70s. We can get back to not taking shoes off, but getting rid of xrays is not going to do well.