Hey people, WATCH OUT when you're doing your railfanning: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2002Nov14.html
And many "risks" stil get through no matter how strict secruity. Just look at what happended with an El-Al flight this weekend.Amtrak Watcher said:It seems the security non-sense is not confined to the airports these days.
Or where they go by places such as chemical refineries and other sensitive sites out west.Amfleet said:Don't make any assuptions. Age doesn't matter. My freind's 5 year old cousin got pulled over at the gate for search. Also, I would not worry about rail terrorism except places where many trains go through tunnels directly under cities like in the northeast.
Well said Amtrak Watcher. I agree with you completely.Amtrak Watcher said:There was an El-Al security official on the TV late last night explaining that the incident this past weekend does not indicate a security failure. The two sky marshals on board took care of the problem. He went on to explain that contrary to the "silly and futile" efforts in the U.S. where passengers and bags are scanned for weapons, El-Al looks for terrorists, not weapons. Americans talk about the knife more than the terrorist. The fact that the terrorist had a small knife is not the issue. El-Al has to figure out how the terrorist got through the security process not how his knife got on board. The El-Al security guy would not talk about their screening process, but he did say that lots of the stuff he's seen in U.S. airports -wanding old ladies and little kids, and taking away people's nail clippers - did not make much sense.
So, what's silly on the rails? It seems to me the constant presence of rail fans and their cameras is an aid to security not a threat. Amfleet is right: it doesn't matter how strict your security is... something will get through. It is better, therefore, to look to the real threats -dangerous people- not their tools and casual observers.
Why not? I do it all the time, I just log out after each session, and I'm always at the same computer. I'm not sure, but I think Battalion does it also.Guest_Tristan said:(i'm at school so I don't feel safe logging in, but..)
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