A jaundiced view of the state of airport security:
Hundreds of people shuffled along like Stalinist peasants queuing up for loaves of sawdusty bread. But these weren’t peasants. These were America’s formerly best and brightest. They inched along with their heads down, faces blank, their manner servile and subdued. A few couples, families, or small groups talked with each other to pass the endless waits. But smiles seemed forced, conversations stilted. Like the conversations of East Berliners, always knowing “the authorities” are listening.
Heavily armed guards scanned the crowd of disarmed
peasantspassengers. The cowed crowd (which the Department of Homeland (Achtung!) Security insists are its “customers”) — shuffled toward portals to be “serviced” (I use the word advisedly) by TSA agents.
There’s more, much more.
On the other hand, there really IS a terror war, and being hijacked WOULD be a serious bummer!
On the other hand, if law-abiding folks could arm themselves, there would be no need for sky marshals, etc. – terrs would quickly learn that they would have to deal with some wolves among the sheeple.
You pays your money, and makes your choices – at least one CAN still travel without this sort of crap if you really want to. So far.