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Originally Posted by betenoire
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
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Somehow, I don't think that these things are "temporary." They continue to be "upgraded" each and every time some new or different approach to breaching security comes along. The more invasive body scanners are a result of the "under-wear" bomber last year. I think this will continue unless we finally get to the heart of the matter which isn’t about building better scanners.
And, no, I don't believe that any of this will stop those that want to figure out ways to get through security measures taken- at airports or any place else. Impossible.
This is the main reason I see diplomacy and understanding of cultural variables as so important throughout the world. No technological security measures will ever bring the kind of safety that working with other countries and respecting their forms of government/religious ideology can bring. Respecting someone else's convictions is important, even when it runs counter to our own. Kind of a basic human sense of justice. Right-wing religious zealots make me nuts, but they have every right to believe what they do. The US was essentially founded on religious freedom.
I prefer the freedoms and liberties afforded me in the US and certainly don't like some of the misogynist practices in other cultures, but, it is up to the people within their own country to change these things. Although, I certainly want my country to provide support for world victimization as a way to build better international relationships. A major part of what the US military is doing in both Afghanistan and Iraq is directed at building trust with these societies and building hospitals, schools and other infra-structures around social programs for people.
Franklin, did not live in the world as it is now.