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Originally Posted by ziadel
I don't provide ID when I'm travelling, so no more planes for me.
Makes me sick that you cant even get on a train without having to prove who you are.
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So you don't even take your drivers license with you when you drive your car?
Great.
And please explain why it is some hysterical outrage that you be asked to identify yourself? Are you so paranoid that you think that by showing ID you will be put on some government watch list or some mailing or call list?
As for airport security in the US, one of the biggest if not the biggest problems is that the only qualifications to be airport security are not to have a criminal record and have a high school diploma/GED. Basically you have to be literate, and the pay isn't much above what you'd get at McDonald's and you have to face people who are much more hostile if you work airport security then at McDonald's.
But an overarching thing is this: if there wasn't this type of security and someone did hijack a plane and crash it into a building, people would be shrieking and screaming and calling for the public execution of various public officials.