Originally Posted by
InkUnderNails
Every reported success or accomplishment by the TSA should be followed by one simple question: But at what cost?
The value of an accomplishment can only be fairly judged by weighing it against the cost in time, aggravation, loss of liberty and resources.
Absolutely correct. Once upon a time when I was in local politics, the firefighter union was trying to convince us to go to a full-time department, using the argument that "if only one life were saved, it would be worth the cost."
"What is the value of a life?" they would ask. I had a very simple answer -- how much life insurance do you have on yourself? That is what you think a life is worth.
They didn't agree with my reasoning, but I stand by what I said then. Infinite cost for zero risk is slightly unreasonable.