On: TSA Policy on Light Sabers

[dgrin91]

I really don't understand the sentiment of "literally everyone would be better off if the TSA paid people to just stay home and do absolutely nothing at all". I can understand sentiments like the TSA is inefficient, or bloated, or wasteful, but does literally nothing?

Do you really think things would be better if we had no xray scanners for luggage or full body scanners for people? Someone needs to run those machines, and thats the job of the TSA. How can you say we would be better off without those?

[Nullabillity → dgrin91]

> I can understand sentiments like the TSA is inefficient, or bloated, or wasteful, but does literally nothing?

They're not saying that it has no effect, they're saying that it's harmful.

> Do you really think things would be better if we had no xray scanners for luggage or full body scanners for people?

Yes, that's the point?

[dgrin91 → Nullabillity]

> Yes, that's the point?

Explain this please? How is it better if I can bring swords or guns onto a plane and no one can even detect it?

[gaganyaan → dgrin91]

If you can't access the cockpit, what are you going to do with either of those? You can kill a passenger, but you can already go out and kill someone before anybody reacts. Most people choose not to do that for some reason.

[Nullabillity → gaganyaan]

Adding on to this, you've effectively just moved the chokepoint from the plane to the security queue itself.

[dgrin91 → gaganyaan]

1. I can blow up a plane and kill 300 people in the air plus more on the ground

2. If there is no scanners run by the TSA I can bring in tools to open the cockpit door. Now I can redo 9/11.