I flew on a plane without going through security. It was amazing and no one died

Re:I flew on a plane without going through security. It was ... by greedo on Monday December 30, 2013 @07:13PM (#6988037)

You can't point to this as a success of the security measures. First, it implies that there are a significant number of bombers who are either captured or deterred. If the first was true, both the Bush admin and the Obama admin would be touting it as a success. If these "numerous" bombers are being deterred, you can't point to the security measures as the deterrent. It might be the NSA, CIA, or other organizations (US and other) that would be disrupting their plans. Otherwise it's back to the magic rock that keeps tigers away.

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Re:I flew on a plane without going through security. It was ... by laureny on Monday December 30, 2013 @10:43PM (#6988808)

> You can't point to this as a success of the security measures. First, it implies that there are a significant number of bombers who are either captured or deterred. If the first was true, both the Bush admin and the Obama admin would be touting it as a success. If these "numerous" bombers are being deterred, you can't point to the security measures as the deterrent.

Why not? I'm not saying you're wrong, just that you are making a claim without backing it up.

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Re:I flew on a plane without going through security. It was ... by girvo on Monday December 30, 2013 @11:32PM (#6988963)

Because while intuitively it makes "sense", there is no evidence to show that the possible correlation is instead direct causation.

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