Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
Indirectly, though ... you are. If people were not afraid of terrorist attacks on commercial aircraft, your employer wouldn't exist, and you would need to find other employment. You profit financially because of the fear that drove the creation of the TSA in the first place.
Admittedly, this is an awfully indirect connection ... but it's worth noting.
I will grant you that. It is a long standing fear however, screening of pasengers in some format has been around since long before I got here. The reverse argument could be made for some of the folks here that preach outrage and fear of TSA, they profit less than the manufacturers and such do, but they still garner attention, and support from the situation as well.
Fear is one of those double edged swords, it causes problems for the folks that are in a position to fear something, and then the folks that are purveyors of that fear, also fear losing the gains (power, land, money, etc)they make because of it. It is the same cycle that plays out all over the third rock in so many different formats we could spend the rest of our lives trying to find an end to that discussion!