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by notpushkin 991 days ago
> in case of airport security

Not everyone is OK – lots of people argue it's a security theatre.
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throwaway290 991 days ago
Let's see if you think it's a security theatre next time you fly from Jordan to Israel. Or actually anywhere within the US, where gun carry is allowed...
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pasc1878 991 days ago
Sopmer of it is theatre but screening people to make sure they don't have a bomb ios not theatre - people will do this as has been shown.
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throwaway290 986 days ago
It is a bit weird in that screening started only after bombing... a useful metric would be to see how many times bookings/hijackings were thwarted. (which I would guess many)
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pasc1878 985 days ago
No screening started after hijacking in the 1970s.
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