Comments on: Debunking the threat, but maintaining the hysteria http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Short hops — August 24, 2007 — Big Mac Museums, wine castles, and the management of memory » Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-16041 Short hops — August 24, 2007 — Big Mac Museums, wine castles, and the management of memory » Upgrade: Travel Better Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:54:13 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-16041 [...] are plenty of others who disagree, after all, and who come back with science-based arguments. (More here, for example; or read most anything Bruce Schneier has written in the last six years.) The TSA [...] […] are plenty of others who disagree, after all, and who come back with science-based arguments. (More here, for example; or read most anything Bruce Schneier has written in the last six years.) The TSA […]

]]> By: Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Is Ryanair profiting off terror fears? http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-8286 Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Is Ryanair profiting off terror fears? Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:49:21 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-8286 [...] week, I briefly referenced Irish discount carrier Ryanair’s threat to sue the British government if security procedures [...] […] week, I briefly referenced Irish discount carrier Ryanair’s threat to sue the British government if security procedures […]

]]> By: Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Lawsuits for all! http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-8278 Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Lawsuits for all! Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:53:14 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-8278 [...] in the United States: Remember Rima Qayyum, the woman who was held at Huntington Tri-State Airport in West Virginia after she was found to [...] […] in the United States: Remember Rima Qayyum, the woman who was held at Huntington Tri-State Airport in West Virginia after she was found to […]

]]> By: Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Insanity: Airports consider tracking passengers with radio chips http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-2128 Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Insanity: Airports consider tracking passengers with radio chips Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:53:10 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-2128 [...] Related: - Debunking the threat, but maintaining the hysteria - The future of airport security: Predictions and wish-lists - Yes, you need ID at U.S. airports. Why? It’s a secret! - Security update: Shorter no-fly lists; air cargo won’t be screened, “for your safety” « Short hops — February 14, 2007 — Deutschland Edition: German funny money, A380’s American premiere, and security strippers [...] […] Related: - Debunking the threat, but maintaining the hysteria - The future of airport security: Predictions and wish-lists - Yes, you need ID at U.S. airports. Why? It’s a secret! - Security update: Shorter no-fly lists; air cargo won’t be screened, “for your safety” « Short hops — February 14, 2007 — Deutschland Edition: German funny money, A380’s American premiere, and security strippers […]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-152 Anonymous Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:43:00 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-152 I agree with this post 100%. The hysteria is making us less safe, not more. Combine this sense of fear with a (justified!) distrust of their government's ability to safely screen passengers and luggage, and you get vigilantism: <a HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401419&in_page_id=1770" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401419&in_page_id=1770</A> For goodness sake, some British are so terrified of brown people on planes that they'll refuse to board??! My God. The governments of the US and UK, along with the fearmongering media in both countries, are to blame for stoking this ignorant behavior. I agree with this post 100%. The hysteria is making us less safe, not more. Combine this sense of fear with a (justified!) distrust of their government’s ability to safely screen passengers and luggage, and you get vigilantism:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401419&in_page_id=1770
For goodness sake, some British are so terrified of brown people on planes that they’ll refuse to board??! My God.

The governments of the US and UK, along with the fearmongering media in both countries, are to blame for stoking this ignorant behavior.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-151 Anonymous Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:36:00 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-151 Could the voting results in Connecticut have had anything to do with the overstatement of the situation and the abrupt timing of the arrests? Certainly the situation mobilized the "support our strong leaders" outlook against a growing distaste Connecticut voters expressed in voting out Joe Lieberman, and dominated the news rather than endless journalism of "what the results in Connecticut mean to the Administration's policies, etc."! One of these days, maybe the so-called media will start connecting the dots and thinking about how the public's chains are being pulled whenever politically expedient. Could the voting results in Connecticut have had anything to do with the overstatement of the situation and the abrupt timing of the arrests? Certainly the situation mobilized the “support our strong leaders” outlook against a growing distaste Connecticut voters expressed in voting out Joe Lieberman, and dominated the news rather than endless journalism of “what the results in Connecticut mean to the Administration’s policies, etc.”! One of these days, maybe the so-called media will start connecting the dots and thinking about how the public’s chains are being pulled whenever politically expedient.

]]> By: Mr Lucky Doubles http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-150 Mr Lucky Doubles Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:55:00 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/08/18/debunking-the-threat-but-maintaining-the-hysteria/#comment-150 Mark - Check out the recent McSweeney's pieces on new flying restrictions: http://mcsweeneys.net/2006/8/14sullivansullivan.html Mark - Check out the recent McSweeney’s pieces on new flying restrictions:

http://mcsweeneys.net/2006/8/14sullivansullivan.html

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