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I've been more violated entering NFL games than going through airport security, on average. The problem is that the American people want to do anything about t
by detst 14y ago
I've been more violated entering NFL games than going through airport security, on average.
The problem is that the American people want to do anything about terrorists, crime or "for the children" at the expense of our civil liberties. It's entirely irrational. TSA at NFL games will not even remotely begin to change that.
There was a bit of an uproar about the increased security measures at NFL stadiums some years ago but it died down and things went on as usual.
- flyinRyan 14y agoI haven't been in the US for just over a decade. What is keeping Americans so concerned about terrorists all this time later?
- coldpie 14y agoFox News, largely. You know how you see all sorts of ridiculous inaccuracies and jokes at Fox News's expense on the Internet? That's the most-watched news source in the United States.
- legitsource 14y agoI don't know if I would blame it on Fox. They practically function as the media arm of the Republicans, and it's not just Republicans pushing the buttons for fear of terrorism.
- noarchy 14y agoIt can't be blamed on Fox News any longer. They're still cheerleaders for the "War on Terror", but these wars now belong to the current president. Do you see other news outlets questioning the current president's military occupations, drone attacks, etc?
- SkyMarshal 14y agoIntermittent reports of thwarted terrorists plots (Richard Reed shoe-bombing type stuff), plus the fact that we're still at war in Afghanistan, in a standoff with Iran, occupying Iraq, and still hounding Al Qaeda everywhere we can.
- rst 14y agoAmong other things, several prosecutions of accused terrorists arrested before they could blow stuff up. In almost all of these, the actual instigators were government agents working undercover, and the alleged "terrorists" who were actually put on trial were low-level accomplices who got lured (sometimes even bullied) into participating in the plot. Here's an overview: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/how-fbi-entrapment-is-inventing-terrorists-and-letting-bad-guys-off-the-hook-20120515 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/...
- rory096 14y agoThere's also full TSA security at rallies for presidential/VP candidates. Clearly the problem isn't solvable by treating people worse until they won't bear it- the parties' core bases seem to have no problem with being cleared by TSA just to see a speech.