Comments on: Security Theatre http://www.shavedgoats.net/?p=32 How to say Bah! Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:13:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.shavedgoats.net/?p=32&cpage=1#comment-458 admin Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:13:30 +0000 http://www.shavedgoats.net/?p=32#comment-458 Yes, but shouldn't the check or procedure that is being performed have a real chance of stopping the danger, as opposed to a knee-jerk look-good reaction? Think of it this way - fast forward about 12 years from now when your daughter is a young teenager. Do you want her to be constantly scanned by the millimeter beam that basically reveals her nude body underneath her clothing? And then what if the terrorists start trying to shove their explosives up their various orifices, should we all have to be subject to body cavity searches then? I have no problem with security procedures when they make sense. But having a ridiculous procedure that locks people to their seats for the last hour of the flight makes no sense at all. If somebody wants to blow up the airplane, there is nothing from stopping them from trying it before that last hour of the flight. Depending on the flight, they can even do it prior to that last hour and still have the explosion occur while over USA soil. Yes, but shouldn’t the check or procedure that is being performed have a real chance of stopping the danger, as opposed to a knee-jerk look-good reaction? Think of it this way – fast forward about 12 years from now when your daughter is a young teenager. Do you want her to be constantly scanned by the millimeter beam that basically reveals her nude body underneath her clothing? And then what if the terrorists start trying to shove their explosives up their various orifices, should we all have to be subject to body cavity searches then?

I have no problem with security procedures when they make sense. But having a ridiculous procedure that locks people to their seats for the last hour of the flight makes no sense at all. If somebody wants to blow up the airplane, there is nothing from stopping them from trying it before that last hour of the flight. Depending on the flight, they can even do it prior to that last hour and still have the explosion occur while over USA soil.

]]> By: Yuval http://www.shavedgoats.net/?p=32&cpage=1#comment-457 Yuval Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:51:22 +0000 http://www.shavedgoats.net/?p=32#comment-457 Hey... I suppose the security failure was in the loose transit passengers check in Amsterdam. When I flew from Paris to Newark five years ago, I was thoroughly checked before the gate (baggage, shoes, the works) and <strong>again at the entrance to the plane</strong>, this time by an American security person. There's always the delicate balance between security and comfort, and flying isn't that comfortable to begin with... But the threat is evidently real enough to make these insane regulations necessary. I'd rather be thoroughly checked every time than have the slightest concern about the chances of a terrorist slipping through the screening. Hey…
I suppose the security failure was in the loose transit passengers check in Amsterdam. When I flew from Paris to Newark five years ago, I was thoroughly checked before the gate (baggage, shoes, the works) and again at the entrance to the plane, this time by an American security person.
There's always the delicate balance between security and comfort, and flying isn't that comfortable to begin with… But the threat is evidently real enough to make these insane regulations necessary. I'd rather be thoroughly checked every time than have the slightest concern about the chances of a terrorist slipping through the screening.

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