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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
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?
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I understood your point about distinguishing the policy makers from the enforcement folks on the ground, and it makes sense to me, to a point. the effect of the policy will ultimately be predicated on the ability of the enforcement folks to carry it out competently. they are the lab rats for trial and error, and, while I don't think most, if any, of the TSA officers on the ground are either evil and/or thuggish, I question the competency of most of them, whether it was competency to screen terrorists or competency to empty my wastebasket (and most, if not all, tasks in between).
there's no right or wrong here (at least I don't think that there is), I comfortable with the conclusion that we have different sensibilities and tolerance for the trial and error platform.
