Originally Posted by
SNA_Flyer
I always find it very rich when an Australian refers to the USA as the land of the paranoid or the LOTFAP...
This is coming from people that live in a nanny state as well. They are the only other country besides the USA that requires foreign airports do secondary at-gate screening to make sure no liquids are brought on board aircraft. And now they have joined the Nude-o-Scope club. Add to that ridiculous amounts of safety reminders, plethora of red light and speed cameras, drug dogs at clubs, pubs, etc.
Yeah, those long, long security lines where they bark at you and force you to remove your shoes so you can do a little dance for their entertainment; not being able to take more than a tiny amount of liquid through security; non-pax not being able to go to the gate as a matter of course for domestic flights. The list goes on...
...oh, wait a minute...