Security Risks of TSA PreCheck

Re:Security Risks of TSA PreCheck by LukaAl on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @10:34AM (#13263677)

I don't see why the Koran (quran, cough cough) should tell you something about terrorism. It is the Muslim's holy book, not the terrorist's holy book.

For my discussion, I simply used the Merriam-Webster dictionary[0]. It says "the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion". You are correct, their final objective is not to just scare people but to get something else. But I believe the immediate objective of the terror action is to scare people so to get to their final objective.

[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorism

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Re:Security Risks of TSA PreCheck by logicallee on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @10:43AM (#13263725)

>the immediate objective of the terror action is to scare people so to get to their final objective.

I would like to understand this train of thinking because I don't see any consequence to scaring people. Online trolls don't accomplish any larger objective, for example. What do terrorists have in mind?

I am inclined to just think of them as trolls.

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Re:Security Risks of TSA PreCheck by literallycancer on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @11:37AM (#13264095)

Scared people demand their government does something to address the issue. One of the things the government can do is to give the terrorists what they want. It can work, if other solutions are too costly.[1]

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_California_medfly_attack

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Re:Security Risks of TSA PreCheck by xj9 on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @11:29AM (#13264034)

- prod US (and friends) into ongoing military engagements in the middle east

- foster Islamophobic sentiments in neighboring regions

- destabilize local power structures

these people are getting exactly what they want.

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