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Originally Posted by toddos
Manufactured concern. I assume you're referring to the decade-old 9/11? The only change that should've come from that was cockpit door reinforcement. Everything else is security theater. Exploding underwear, shoe bombs, burned crotches, none of those would've been stopped by our current "security" processes, and the knee-jerk policy changes amount to nothing more than closing the barn doors after all the horses have left.
No they're not.
I tolerate it because there's no alternative. That doesn't mean I'm content.
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And there's no alternative because, unfortunately, democracy has become a joke. How many of the directives and policies that have real, palpable effects on our lives are the result of legislative deliberation vs. executive decision? And of the former, what percentage of legislation is actually read and pondered over by elected officials as opposed to staffers (or left unread)? I really don't think a culture that encourages doing something because someone in an apparent position of authority told you to do it is a particularly healthy one.