Fun posts to read, they of course reflect the kind of first reaction thinking many of us probably have... "No liquids or gels on the plane!?!? What next? Will we have to take off our clothes and everyone is given a plain white robe to wear during flights?"

He says all the extra security doesn't effect future crimes. How could he know that; how could we? It's far to complex of an issue to just say, "Well i've never seen them pull a guy out of line, pat him down, and then find a bomb on him; so all the security must be worthless."

You gotta stop and think for a second that maybe the reason why they don't often times catch people is because the terrorists know the security is there, so not to even try in the first place.

Not that I approve of the increased security in London now, no gels, liquids, or iPods... I think that's pretty silly and like he said, who pays for your losses? The girl I flew with on my last trip didn't check a single bag in because she had a number of expensive clothing items in there. No one would of paid for her losses if they had lost her bag; carrying your luggage on board removes that gamble.

And I agree with him that this is how freedom is taken away from people. Leaders know you can't do it all at once or else you'll get a revolt, so you do it slowly and in the name of "safety". You do it over the span of generations, literally waiting for the ones who knew real freedom to die off. Meanwhile you condition their grandchildren to tolerate a life with a lack of true freedom in the name of "safety". The old grandparents told stories though about their true freedom so even their grand kids are "tainted" in the leaders' minds. So then you have to wait for them to die off but after three generations, man... it's all over. Now everyone left has been conditioned to live in your freedom lacking "safe" world.

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