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by TillE 3716 days ago
> trains

Speaking of which, the dumbest NYT editorial I've read in the past decade was their nonsensical insistence on airport-style security for "international trains" in Europe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/opinion/heroes-thwart-a-tr...

Trains are not an especially interesting target for terrorists! I have no idea how this piece could have been written without any of the editors putting the tiniest bit of thought into the basic premise.