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Originally Posted by toddos
I tolerate it because there's no alternative. That doesn't mean I'm content.
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This, unfortunately, is too true. I refuse to fly at this point, precisely because of Security Theater. And I studied Aerospace Engineering at Uni.
I've looked for alternative's but there aren't any for long distances in a reasonable amount of time. It takes way too long to take a train to get places.
Los Angeles to Seattle in only 35 hours!
Only 3 nights to go Coast-to-Coast!
Who has time for that? Even if you're not on a business trip, do you want to give up 3 days each way to go visit Aunt Marge in Upstate New York?
People are chained to the abuses at the airport because there is no viable transportation alternative. What I wouldn't give for true high speed rail systems...
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Originally Posted by carpetmojo
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Originally Posted by lugmaninbore
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.
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I think, but am prepared to be corrected if I'm wrong, that this is the society we have evolved - we elect people to make decisions on our behalf, that hopefully most of us agree to. If it ain't particularly healthy, what's your alternative ? |
In America, at least, the ethos of being a rebel is built into our mythology. Americans are bred to resist. Look at the common Cowboy theme, where a loner enters town and cleans it up, violently, and outside the law. 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'. Same thing in cop movies. Invariably it's a rough around the edges cop that drinks too much and is too loose with the rules, but who gets the job done. 'Dirty Harry'.
Or even poppy movies, 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', or even 'War Games' show a blatant disregard for the rules. Even a recent presidential candidate built his image around being a maverick. Not following the rules just because someone put them there is part of the American Story.
No wonder they get pissed off at unreasonable invasions of privacy such as those enacted every day at the airport.