When the government forces you to act like a clown for no apparent reason
When the government forces you to act like a clown for no apparent reason
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33509083
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The inconsistency is the worst but, at least outside America, most customs teams are polite and informative about what is required.
When I travelled to the US, they were constantly annoyed that you didn't have their exact workflow memorized. That still happened when 2 machines, side by side, had different rules!
Oh, and FYI, some places, like Amsterdam, have it FAR more efficient. No emptying bags, no 100ml limits. Bag and jackets go through the x-ray scanner, you go through the nudity scanner. You're done in less than 30 seconds.
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And then there is Copenhagen, where they are extra picky.
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TSA has never made travel safer.
It's always been a jobs program.
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Security theater to assuage the public's (scared, rich, white people) fears after hyping up the threat of foreign terrorism.
Essentially, the establishment made a booboo and hurt the airline industry's bottom line in their efforts to destabilize the Middle East. So, they devised a sideshow circus to get people flying again.
It isn't even about jobs. They never gave a shit about jobs. It's always about the money.
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Security theatre.
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TSA was security theater from the beginning. All those confiscated liquids, all thos stolen Apple electronics, all those confiscated tchotchkes, all those nude scans [shared between agens in the crew forums] for a safer vibe
Though it did condition me away from air travel, and eventually from long-distance travel entirely.
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What a dumb post. Or is this coming from the generation that never heard of "Richard shoe bomber" who is the reason some have to scan their shoes.
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I don't see how it wouldn't come up being scanned with the person the same if it come up going through the scanner. If my balls are to warm they set off the machine. Metal components in my shoes should detect as well, which you'd then have to take them off and have them scanned. It's probably much easier to work the electronics into a handheld game console, laptop, camera or other electronic devices and let it go through the machine and have them not be able to recognize it
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I'm sorry but I cannot understand what you're trying to say. The xray they use to scan your bags are not the same as the one you go through.
In case you were unaware. "Richard shoe bomber" did not have metal or electronics in his shoe. He had simply put explosives in the sole of the shoe with a fuse attached.
He was caught and restrained when he tried to light the fuse on the airplane.
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