<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by thruz1:
NJDavid (and everyone else who thinks this topic is worth addressing):
I am stunned that with all that has happenned in the past few days that you have the incredible nerve to bring up "the lies" the airlines have told you about cell phones.
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Those of you complaining about cell phones, baggage restrictions...
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Actually, I'm surprised that I haven't seen one of you Einsteins start a thread complaining about how you are going to cut your steak without a knife when you use your segment upgrades to 1st class in the future.
People are dead and you idiots are complaining about your these little inconveniences.
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Some of ths stuff has a lot of relevance. Security will never be taken seriously over the long run unless credible actions are taken for believable reasons. Apparently pointless, foolish or unworkable measures put in place to make people feel good are a real danger.
The cell phone situation is a good example. The explanations for the ban given out most of the time just don't make sense. (I did find Unixguy's summary to be very helpful in understanding some
real reasons for the ban.) That sort of thing inevitably leads to not taking other measures seriously.
Plastic knives, check-in restrictions and a lot of the other measures are also good examples. If people don't see the link between these measures and improving their security then, in the long run, they will hurt security not improve it. This stuff
should be questioned.