A push for safety…
I was reading a post from our metblog friends in SF and their captain, Christina, had come up with a question that I would like discussed in this city. Here is the post, by the way. She is talking about the differences in security since 9/11 and how it has effected us. She also talks about the difference between London and San Fran. How do we feel about the added security measures? Do you feel they are too invasive? I want to know what other folks in the Twin Cities feel. Metbloggers, feel free to make posts about this.
I personally feel security hasn’t changed all that much. The only place I have really noticed it is going to the airport. It may take a little longer to get through security, but i am surprised it took as long as it did for them to get their crap together. I remember when I was a kid we flew out to Colorado for a ski trip. I had my camera and a pocket knife (Swiss Army) in my pocket and the metal detector did NOT go off. From then on I have felt security at airports has been a big joke. Now I feel they are actually doing their job. I think it has gone a little overboard on what they consider a “weapon”. My mom had to leave her nail file at the airport because it had a handle. Come on now.
Other than that, nothing has really lept to my attention. So….what do you guys think?
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Really, the only thing I can think of is the airport. I sometimes carry my passport with me and use that as ID instead of my driver’s license, even if I’m not leaving the country, just because I live here but I still have Michigan ID, license plates, etc.
I haven’t attempted to enter any courthouses or similar government buildings. I can’t really think of any radical differences in police presence at any events I’ve attended. I think I vaguely remember not being cursorily searched entering the Target Center before.
That’s about it.
The stupidest security issue I’ve had was that they wouldn’t let people on the Third Ave Bridge on July 4th to watch fireworks. The cop said it was for “security purposes”, but the bridge was open immediately before and after the fireworks, just not during. In years past, people were allowed on the bridge, so it wasn’t to protect them from anything.
Sadly the phrase “security purposes” can be used to justify anything nowadays.