I was reading Beyond The Nanny State which was discussing the TSA and other outrages and came across this comment:
I’m not even in a position to go flying, but I must say, why is each and every frequent flyer being treated like a drug-runner in a car in Jersey
You don’t get it do you? The Drug War was the prototype for all this. Beating up on dopers was just a practice run. And fine practice it was.
Now that everyone is a suspect (contraband doncha know?) the government has well established practices for dealing with just such a situation. Effective? Of course not. But neither is the Drug War. And ineffectiveness has led to no widespread outcry against the practices endemic to that little war on contraband. Let alone serious complaints on civil liberties grounds. Excepting for a few of us cranks.
H/T Instapundit
Cross Posted at Power and Control
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2 responses to “Practice Run”
M., you understand it’s not about safety, it’s about cash and stones being carried by citizens attempting to save their wealth.
Government is the countries number one growth industry, and how better to grow a security industry than to give it unlimited right to investigate everyone for anything.
Just wait until health care operates in the same manner, we do not need to fly, but we all have heath issues.