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In reply to the discussion: Security checkpoint at the movie theater [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)3. 10 years ago, after 911, I knew it was security theater
When a week into the mess I called the cops for an abandoned package at the retaining wall of a mall.
The mall security were apoplectic.
10 years ago hardening movie theaters by having armed security and equal security checks would have made some sense from a security stand point. Local county fair had metal detectors that were not connected, so you could bring anything, and knives are not allowed, but are sold inside.
This is why I call all this pure security theater, and normalization.
Another step they should have taken, never did...get rid of all the big blue mail boxes that can receive a largish package. (Every so often pipe bombs go in there)
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The real goal is crass profits... They don't want you sneaking in food and drink--
hlthe2b
Jul 2013
#2
Joe's HD camera & mount won't fit in his pants, but it will fit in Jane's bag.
X_Digger
Jul 2013
#16
if you don't want to pay the prices, just don't buy anything. solves that problem nt
msongs
Jul 2013
#8
I'd mentioned here about a year ago how I had to go through a TSA screening...
Buns_of_Fire
Jul 2013
#11
Did they have a check point at the rear exits too, to catch the AR-15 coming in the Back.
bahrbearian
Jul 2013
#15
I think we should be frisked every time we enter any public or private building. Because a shootout
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#56
yes! breathalyzers! and pee tests, since people could be on PCP or bath salts or something
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#62
kr. goal is for everyone to cower at home in front of their monitors, isolated & powerless.
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#20
How can such checkpoints really be for security if they are not giving TSA-type feel-ups?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2013
#27
Because you're probably not going to strap a box of Milk Duds to your inner thigh.
Lizzie Poppet
Jul 2013
#42
Be glad you didn't work for the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino (now City Center) on the Vegas strip...
Systematic Chaos
Jul 2013
#33
Perhaps customers should demand to see that the doors are inaccesible from outside
SoCalDem
Jul 2013
#49