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jayme0227 writes." According to the NY Times, "The airport remained open on Monday evening, and passengers continued to flow through the hall where the bomb had exploded."
Obviously not afraid of terrorists in Russia (Score:2, Interesting)
Here we'd have closed the airport for days to make it look like we were doing something. There, they just pick up the pieces and move on. Guess who's not going to still be running things in twenty years?
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Here we'd have closed the airport for days to make it look like we were doing something.
Don't you think that has just a little to do with them being "used" to terrorism? The British didn't stop everything when the IRA was blowing stuff up, either.
I don't think I'm on board that our skin needs to be as thick as the Russians. It is admirable that they can move past such an event, but it's actually quite sad as well.
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I don't think I'm on board that our skin needs to be as thick as the Russians. It is admirable that they can move past such an event, but it's actually quite sad as well.
I think it's more than a little sad that they are in such a situation. But what I find it even more than sad is hopeful. The only thing I really think it's unfortunate for people to be inured to is fraud.
Re:Obviously not afraid of terrorists in Russia (Score:5, Insightful)
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Guess who's not going to still be running things in twenty years?
Russia?
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Shouldn't they at least destroy their economy again with a prolonged war or something like that? How about a bit of racial profiling and cancer inducing body scanners? Seriously, where's the fun in bombing a country if they're not going to shit themselves?
Re:Obviously not afraid of terrorists in Russia (Score:5, Informative)
Russia has been involved in a high causality war costing them a lot of money and many lives since 1999. The causality rate for Russian combat soldiers in the Second Chechen War was roughly 5 times higher than for US and allied forces during the worst fighting in Iraq at the same period. [wikipedia.org] [wikipedia.org]
Moscow theater hostage crisis - [wikipedia.org]
Beslan school hostage crisis - [wikipedia.org]
Domodedovo International Airport was the entry point for other terror attacks in the past and so it was one of the, if not the first airport with full body radar scanners - [wikipedia.org]
Re:Obviously not afraid of terrorists in Russia (Score:4, Informative)
The US hasn't had terrorism in apartment buildings, urban mass transit systems or transportation hubs like Russia has, so you can't say what the American response would be.
However when there was a mass shooting at LAX in 2002, they didn't shut down the airport.
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Here we'd have closed the airport for days to make it look like we were doing something. There, they just pick up the pieces and move on. Guess who's not going to still be running things in twenty years?
I was struck by the same thing. In the USA, the affected airport terminal would be closed for days if not weeks, causing millions or tens of millions of dollars in travel disruptions with likely flight disruption across the country as airlines reschedule flights around the damaged terminal, further compounding the economic damage from the attack.
Re:Obviously not afraid of terrorists in Russia (Score:4, Informative)
In fairness, a hallmark of Al Qaeda is to blow something up, wait for first responders to arrive, and then blow it up again. So, securing the area might reduce loss of life in the event there were a second bomb.
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Yeah, honestly I'd rather they just put us through metal detectors alone, while we still have our shoes on. The occasional bombing from terrorists is such a minor threat compared to all the other things that kill people every single day. Toss in some Israeli-style profiling, starting right when you drive into the airport, and again and again before you even get to the checkpoint, and we'll be just fine.
I don't want security, I just want hassle-free travel. Give me liberty or give me death. No other option i
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You seem to be under the impression that the security theater has anything to do with security[.*]. It's about seizing more power, first and foremost.
That, and making people think they're safe to fly... air travel is vital to the US (and international) economy. If people were too afraid to fly, it would have devastating impacts on everything from car rental agencies to the tourist industry to huge companies like Boeing. That's why the government keeps throwing money at them every time they claim they're having financial troubles.
Unfortunately, and predictably, the security theater simply shifted the threat from the airplanes themselves to the large group
Sympathy for the victims, lessons for us (Score:5, Insightful)
Sacrificing civil liberties does not prevent terrorism.
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"Sacrificing civil liberties does not prevent terrorism."
The only level of violence and reprisal sufficient to deter terrorism is at the level of what are called "war crimes", so only societies who are both powerful and ruthless can defeat (serious) terrorists.
The only counter to people who embrace being destroyed for their cause is to destroy an overwhelming number those they are fighting for. To the extent that societies embrace the "rights" of their mortal enemies, they are unable to fight.
Limiting the r
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Case in point: Malaysia and South Korea teaching the West how to deal with piracy.
Bad choice of words (Score:5, Insightful)
Civil rights cannot be "sacrificed" or bargained with in any manner. The very notion smacks of tyranny, and fosters a conformist ideology where it is expected that governments cherry-pick the civil rights they "allow" for "their" people.
But I never sacrificed anything after 9/11 -- did you? Of course not. I don't know anybody that did. What actually happened is that your civil rights were stolen. from you. Denied. Oppressed. Attacked. You and I didn't have a say in it at all, and neither did the pawns who cheered it on. There was no "sacrifice" in any of this, only the elite at the top of the pyramid playing god with powers that no mortal man is worthy of.
Let's call a spade a spade: civil rights are either honored or oppressed. There is no picking and choosing.
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Re:Sympathy for the victims, lessons for us (Score:4, Interesting)
In fact, this is precisely the scenario that we've been talking on Slashdot for so long - the terrorists detonated the bomb in the crowded area right before the first controlled checkpoint in the airport (customs).
Next time you're at an airport, think about this (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Next time you're at an airport, think about thi (Score:5, Informative)
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Much less invasive and will ACTUALLY find any bomb residue/traces
Right, because ONLY Terrorists(TM) have any traces of explosives on them, and not any of the mining engineers, chemists, etc, etc, etc, who happen to be passing through the airport!
Seriously: I've worked for a couple of mining and geological exploration companies and to here them tell it all these "anti-terrorist" measures do nothing but make their lives less convenient.
If I were a Terrorist(TM) I'd get a job with a mining company, get a letter from my employer certifying that I handle explosives, and then
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