July 28, 2003
New York City’s Security Myth
This guy's a smartass, but it's a funny read:
"Imagine that! The mayor of the City of New York will now pass through a metal detector on his way to work, just as airline pilots are now required to do the same before taking their positions in the cockpit. Great. So now the citizens of New York are safe from the very real threat of a mayoral self-assassination, just as airline passengers are now traveling safe in the knowledge that the pilot will no longer be able to hijack his own plane."
Ha. His basic point: "My personal experience in New York, even two years after the 9/11 attacks, clearly illustrates the difference between real security and symbolic security."
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posted by at July 28, 2003 3:39 PM
