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Where was all of this uproar when they started making us take off our shoes? This is the next inevitable step in the direction Homeland Security and the TSA have been going since 9/11. Everybody acts like it just got bad. Come on maaaaaaaan?!?!

I am of the INCREDIBLY unpopular opinion (and have been for quite some time) of reverting to what it was on 9/10/01. Sure we may have some more attacks but relinquishing our freedoms makes it hard to be free. It's not even about the terrorists winning. It's about us winning.
The entire world deals with terrorism, why shouldn't we? Are we a better pedigree of human being? No, we're not. My life and my sons life are worth no more than an Afghan family who is torn between alliances with NATO troops and local Taliban. I recognize that I live in a place where I don't have to decide and so that is why I will be on the first flight with security rollbacks...with my son Miles.

Ben, I wholeheartedly agree that we should and could start addressing diplomatic ends to coincide with lessening restrains at the airport, but more importantly, the strains of our fear. What has fear done for you lately? Has it helped? Has it payed your rent or your mortgage? Has it gotten you a job? Has it helped raise your kid? Has it gotten you laid? Has it helped the your favorite team beat the Yankees?

In the words of FDR, "Fuck fear and the Fox News broadcast it rode in on." (I may be paraphrasing.)