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0 pointsmeri_dian8y ago0 comments

Having to be scanned to get on a plane seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to have to do. I fly often and I'm glad the TSA exists and does what it does. I don't feel like my liberty is being taken away in the slightest.

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pluto98y ago

> Having to be scanned to get on a plane seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to have to do.

Even if that scan does little or nothing to actually improve your safety [1]? If I'm going to have my privacy taken away, I want something better in return for it than security theater and wasted taxes.

[1] http://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-o...

wu-ikkyu8y ago

>I'm glad the TSA exists and does what it does. I don't feel like my liberty is being taken away in the slightest.

If you truly believe that, would you be opposed to TSA style x-ray machines, genital pat downs, and strip searches any time you were to go to school, work, get on a bus, etc?

meri_dianOP8y ago

Well that would be an inconvenience because I and many others go to work and ride public transport every day. Which is why we don't see TSA checkpoints everywhere; it would be too inconvenient.

People fly infrequently though, and also have a very strong desire to feel safe when flying, so they are for the most part fine with TSA checkpoints. TSA checkpoints are implemented to make people feel safe.

See, it's a balance.

acct17718y ago

TSA checkpoints have accelerated to being in subways, etc.

Ratchets only tighten.

wu-ikkyu8y ago

>Well that would be an inconvenience

So in other words, restricting your liberty or freedom of movement?

manjushri8y ago

Many chinese citizens feel the same way about the "social credit system".

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pluto98y ago

> Having to be scanned to get on a plane seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to have to do.

[1] http://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-o...

wu-ikkyu8y ago

>I'm glad the TSA exists and does what it does. I don't feel like my liberty is being taken away in the slightest.

If you truly believe that, would you be opposed to TSA style x-ray machines, genital pat downs, and strip searches any time you were to go to school, work, get on a bus, etc?

meri_dianOP8y ago

Well that would be an inconvenience because I and many others go to work and ride public transport every day. Which is why we don't see TSA checkpoints everywhere; it would be too inconvenient.

See, it's a balance.

acct17718y ago

TSA checkpoints have accelerated to being in subways, etc.

Ratchets only tighten.

wu-ikkyu8y ago

>Well that would be an inconvenience

So in other words, restricting your liberty or freedom of movement?

manjushri8y ago

Many chinese citizens feel the same way about the "social credit system".

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse