Security theater of the absurd
Published: 2010-01-15
Category: Scribbles
Tags: security, absurd, terrorism
Language: [English]
page views: 199

Taking a commercial airplane is an exercise in giving up personal freedom and privacy. Even if there is no reason at all that you are suspected of anything... What happened with "innocent until proven guilty"? Why do 100% of the passengers loose all their civil-rights when wanting to travel by air? These so called "security checks" are a farce, they accomplish nothing for security. Of course they do make people feel powerless in the face of bureaucratic rent-a-cops with completely arbitrary rules and regulations. First there was the "war on drugs", when that idea became stale, this "war on terrorism" was invented.. Seems like the "war" in the Orwell's 1984 was implemented by the western states. A never ending war that has no end, but that does need endless sacrifices on personal freedom. If anything this is a war on our personal freedom and until now we're all losing out.