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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It would be delightful if someone at the TSA were really trying to strike that balance, but what they do is security theater. Wasting people's time is a feature, not a bug, as it conveys the message that they are Doing Something, which is designed to cover asses if something happens.
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Well said. Absolutely no portion of airport security is done for security-related purposes. The entire system is a PR campaign. Whether it's full-body scans, metal detectors, x-raying bags, disallowing transport of liquids or matches.... why, it's all just political theater. Not one person in the TSA really cares about security.
You are generally above this kind of "The Government is just a bunch of evil incompetent thugs trying to waste our time and money" meme. What happened -- bad flight this weekend?
