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It's pretty laughable that with all the ridiculous extent to which certain organisations go to try and make flying 'safe from terrorism' no-one has been worried
by robbiep 13y ago
It's pretty laughable that with all the ridiculous extent to which certain organisations go to try and make flying 'safe from terrorism' no-one has been worried about some people sneaking through the high security fence surrounding the airport and planting their nefarious tools on board.
I guess at the end of the day it is more the perception of safety than actual safety we are getting
- doyoulikeworms 13y agoA useful term that I recently learned to describe this is "security theater" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater). And that is exactly what I think that the TSA et al. provide.
- misiti3780 13y agothat is what taleb would call the black swan event. airport security artificially makes is feel safer (the turkey problem)