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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 9:58 am
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Originally Posted by LessO2

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Take the liability angle aside for a moment. The biggest reasons, I think security will never go private again is the combination of the airlines not willing to take on that added expense, plus the government never willing to let go of power once they get it.
In addition, there is a certain percentage of the public, and even the flying public, that is convinced that the current methodology is the correct one and that it is preventing additional terrorism. That percentage may even be a majority. I, for one, am not among that group.

IMHO, we have traded a portion of our liberty for the perception of security.
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