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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I generally agree, and find this particular obnoxious in airport security. If it's law enforcement, the well heeled should not be getting a better experience than the proles.
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That's the most perverted form of it. It's basically, "If you can afford this, we don't think you're a risk. If you can't, we assume you might be of bad character and cannot be so sure."
It also tends to undercut the assumption that our extreme airport security is effective and necessary. If the chance of terrorist act is so low that we can screen people by wealth, do you really need so many folks taking off their shoes so many times?
