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Old 10-12-2004, 08:15 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
1) The security in airports sucks ass. They haven't done jack in terms of effective security.

2) "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security"
-- Benjamin Franklin
I'll agree that security hasn't improved since the 70's.

As far as 2. I'll take that from a different point of view. Giving up the right to travel freely because the same security that has been in place since the 70s has been upgraded is the person who is giving up the essential liberty.
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