I took this photo at a major US airport recently. No caption is necessary.

What we see is at once hilarious, sad and perhaps deeply worrying. Do I need to explain? This is the state of airport security in the United States of America, and we, as American citizens, have allowed this to happen. Not only have we become willingly subjugated cowards, we've clearly lost our minds.

For my full essay on airport security, see here...

http://www.askthepilot.com/essays-an...y-on-security/

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