I do find many applications of metal detectors and places where I'm required to show ID objectionable. While relatively minor, I do consider such things unneces

I do find many applications of metal detectors and places where I'm required to show ID objectionable. While relatively minor, I do consider such things unnecessary intrusions in to personal liberty, and I would rather live in the sort of society where they are rare. Instead, they've become more common. I am willing to accept an increased risk that a criminal might bring a weapon in to a sensitive place or that a teenager might get drunk and hit me with a car in exchange for an increased sense of freedom, even if the actual freedoms involved are fairly trivial. Leaving slippery-slope arguments out of it, I think that the collective mindset of a culture that accepts these risks and spends less time and energy worrying about them encourages more people to strive to reach their full potential.