Originally Posted by
corporate666
Thanks for your service.
However, this raises a good point. The IRA/UK "troubles" lasted 28 years. About 650 soldiers were killed and slightly fewer civilians, over the course of the entire 28 years. In the same period, more than 150,000 Britons were killed on the roadways.
What was the relative expenditure on counter-terrorism vs. counter-roadway deaths. Highly disproportional.
If one is ever stopped, you will hear about it from every news source for the rest of your days. It's not like they keep these things secret - they have government bloat to justify, after all.
Remember the toner bomb? That was discovered by intelligence services, but it was stopped before it (potentially would have) went off. It was hailed as a great triumph and proof that we must remain ever vigilant.
Airport security does a fantastic job.... of finding water bottles and of hassling passengers. They are utterly ineffective in preventing terrorism, however.
You still have not accepted my irrefutable point that this enhanced airport security does absolutely nothing to provide security, but rather just the illusion thereof. Until they do full body cavity searches on every passenger, or develop a technology that can find implanted bombs (or inserted bombs), then all of the enhanced security is for naught.
It is the equivalent of building a moat and fence around 75% of your home, and leaving the other 25% completely unguarded - and telling people "75% is better than nothing, at least we're ensuring they don't get through those areas".
You're welcome.
If you have the time, check the following links some interesting info here.
Time for me to close down for a wee while, and spend some time with family and friends.
Wishing all members of the forum a Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire....s-sniffer-mice
http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/tec.../sniff-success
http://www.corbettreport.com/article...t_scanners.htm
http://www.ukaccs.info/security.htm
http://www.cio.com.au/article/444186...mb_detection_/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ger-Mouse.html
http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/...les_stats.html