I'll maintain that the security only gives us an illusion of safety and that if security exists primarily to keep terrorists from attacking then security won't be the deterrent we want it to be. It won't be the deterrent we want it to be because terrorists will always find some way to get through the security systems we put in place to prevent terrorism.
What can be used to keep Americans "safe" from terrorists can always be used in the future to keep government "safe" from Americans. You never know what devices which can be used to keep certain individuals out may one day be used to keep certain Americans in or to keep certain Americans down.
I write this as news outlets are finally answering many questions about the individual who ducked past security into a sterile area (which kind of sounds like a place full of people who have lost their sexual powers) in Newark Liberty International Airport. A Rutgers University graduate student unknowingly slipped into the "sterile" area to kiss his girlfriend goodbye.
The graduate student is being charged with defiant trespass, a "petty disorderly persons offense." He is also being described as a "romantic" in many of the reports describing what happened in the airport.
With Valentine's Day just four weeks away, don't you think some company should be offering a chance at redemption? What about this for a card?
A picture of a man in an airport kissing his girl appears on the front. A security alarm has gone off. Crowds are stuck and the terminal has come to a stand still. The card opens and inside the words read, "Today, I break a security perimeter to show my love for you. Tomorrow, I defend my love for you in court."
Maybe that's too intensely passionate. Here's something more whimsical---
"If loving you makes me a terrorist, well, then, pat me down for explosives and strip search me because I love you."
Paul Krassner writes in his book Who's to Say What's Obscene?, "These are times of repression...and the more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those in authority."
As this continues, expect more irreverence from me.
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