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Old 08-08-2007, 07:07 AM
Josem Josem is offline
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Default Re: Air travel security is retarded - why?

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And if you think about the chances that a)there are terrorists trying to attack planes and b)they want to use liquid attack measures and c)they would not have been caught before the ban on liquids and d)they will be caught/deterred after the ban on liquids, I think it should be obvious that this is a lot of inconvenience for very little deterrence.


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Cost of restricting liquids: x

Cost of a plan load of people flying into a large building: y

I believe x < y

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The middle aged white guy travelling with three little kids (and wife and grandparents) and carrying two car seats on a flight from Miami during tourist season should not be stopped for additional search if he doesn't set off the alarm.


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While this sounds good in theory, the second a group of people are segmented like this, the terrorists will be using this demographic of people to do their work.
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