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In reply to the discussion: With little fanfare, the TSA has expanded to sporting events, music festivals, rodeos, weighstations [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)"is to note how things actually are, and leave adults to mull over the implications of that reality, and the risk-reward issues, themselves. " What? We are to note how things actually are. As compared to what? "And leave adults to mull over...." are you suggesting we arent adults and you are? And the adults are to "mull over the implications of reality." You arent series. You want us to leave it to the adults, I assume you include yourself, "to mull over the implications of reality." To do that I will definitely need some weed.
Now risk / reward is something we can talk about. How many tens or hundreds of billions of dollars of our money are you willing to give Booz-Allen for the promise of security from the nasty terrorists?? Does the number depend on the color of the terrorist danger? Please you must have a figure. Is the risk great enough to tax everyone into poverty?
Side with those of us fighting for our freedoms and liberties and not those like Gen Clapper and Gen Alexander that want us to live in an authoritarian state. You have to choose.