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Originally Posted by denim
It's not for our protection. It's to make us feel like they're doing something, which they are: they're taking your civil liberties. What if I'm not really a fat man? Maybe it's all make up and I've got a bomb. You let the thin edge of the wedge in, and you'll lose your freedoms next. The terrorists won. I wish people would realize that, when they give up the very freedoms the terrorists were against, in the name of "protection", that they've given in.
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We have to have security though, especially these days.
Personally, I'm more than happy to give up a few rights if it means saving a dozen lives. I can't imagine how many planes would blow up if we didn't have thorough security right now.