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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
Agree, which is why this isn't "the other way" from my post. My risk tolerance is the same as yours -- I think the security procedures in effect between 9/11 and two weeks ago weren't an unreasonable risk, and that some of the stuff even then was purely theatrical. My beef is with the people who claim they want zero risk but also want "reasonable" exceptions to the rules based on a parade of horribles, like Mr. Doused-With-His-Own-Urine.
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Got it. Clearly, I misread your post.
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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
A lifetime of air travel is already 99.999% safe. The people who go further and want six sigmas are entitled to their opinion but also seem to think you can have 99.99966% security and not frisk nuns and children. You can't eat the cake and then complain you don't have it anymore.
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Agreed. We already take off our shoes (including fucking flip flops for christsakes), we throw away 1.6 ounces of cologne. We can't carry water or any other liquid. We walk through metal detectors. We run our bags through the x-ray machine. We have air marshals secretly stationed on flights. The cockpits are locked. The pilots are trained and instructed on what to do if there's an incident. We are subject to random searches. The security lines are almost always
insane. Now we all need to be x-rayed or patted down? Get the fuck outta here. The risk,
relatively speaking just isn't high enough for all this bullshit.
TM
