tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934471946563347537.post7757943855111328613..comments2023-05-05T07:26:29.018-05:00Comments on Spork In The Eye: Airline Security Problems SolvedSpork In the Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05926832985660342541noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934471946563347537.post-44514634354791241502010-01-09T20:04:29.557-06:002010-01-09T20:04:29.557-06:00Exactly two things have made us safer since 9/11: ...Exactly two things have made us safer since 9/11: reinforcing the cockpit door and convincing passengers that they need to fight back. All the rest is security theatre against a movie plot threat. It was the second of these that, on Christmas Day, quickly subdued Abdulmutallab after he set his pants on fire.<br /><br />Now the powers that be will be doing more security theatre to make the Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516983602538336395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934471946563347537.post-19078730603617125982009-12-29T14:14:27.811-06:002009-12-29T14:14:27.811-06:00"They who can give up essential liberty to ob..."They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklinbigjohn756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934471946563347537.post-88904852382713777162009-12-29T11:28:10.077-06:002009-12-29T11:28:10.077-06:00Yep. Spot on.
I find it odd that we as a people ...Yep. Spot on.<br /><br />I find it odd that we as a people are so appeased by some feel good measures. And I firmly believe that there is a serious diminishing return from them. We could spend much more money and have much more asspain and find we have only slightly (if any) more security.<br /><br />Bad stuff happens. The upside is that your odds are pretty good it won't be you.Spork In the Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926832985660342541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934471946563347537.post-10764001417993668722009-12-29T11:20:39.853-06:002009-12-29T11:20:39.853-06:00Read this Slate article by Hitchens:
http://tinyur...Read this Slate article by Hitchens:<br />http://tinyurl.com/yb54fw6bigjohn756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934471946563347537.post-87995348034305212362009-12-29T08:29:55.899-06:002009-12-29T08:29:55.899-06:00I personally think a mere 4000 pages should cover ...I personally think a mere 4000 pages should cover the concept that exploding clothing is not allowed at all.Spork In the Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926832985660342541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934471946563347537.post-49965846567097813752009-12-29T07:49:26.812-06:002009-12-29T07:49:26.812-06:00Well, obviously the 2000 pages would only cover th...Well, obviously the 2000 pages would only cover this particular situation. For a man with explosive pants who hoped to detonate them during the first hour of the flight, we would need an additional 2000 pages.Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006495651241822267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934471946563347537.post-49378607599419451572009-12-28T23:35:21.690-06:002009-12-28T23:35:21.690-06:00Only 2000 pages? Oh, Kari, you would not make a go...Only 2000 pages? Oh, Kari, you would not make a good bureaucrat.bigjohn756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934471946563347537.post-76370202463374603142009-12-28T21:49:24.237-06:002009-12-28T21:49:24.237-06:00Yes, more rules will solve all the problems. It wo...Yes, more rules will solve all the problems. It would only work better if those new rules required 2000 pages of documentation.Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006495651241822267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934471946563347537.post-35505349638097283592009-12-28T19:36:04.152-06:002009-12-28T19:36:04.152-06:00This is just another indicator that, on September ...This is just another indicator that, on September 11, 2001, the terrorists won. Terror has ruled the U.S. since that incident. Billions of man hours have been wasted as people stand in line to board a plane holding their pants up with one hand and their shoes in the other scared to death that something untoward might happen to them. They stand there blank-eyed and slack-jawed without a brain cellbigjohn756noreply@blogger.com