PASSENGER BAG CHECKS
Since this blog is named after a train line I felt the need to comment on the recent decision by NJ and NY officials to search the bags of rail passengers. My take on it is that the cost in human life and to society of the recent bombings in Spain, London and Egypt is too much to bear, and officials like Mayor Bloomberg were forced to act. This is more than a feel-good decision, good security demands deterrence. There have been some groups like the NYCLU that have publicly challenged the decisions but most commuters, and even the NY Times have accepted them. It remains to be seen whether they will be challenged and then upheld by the courts. Some people have called for some kind of profiling to be used, this is tempting on some level but racial profiling would increase the likelihood of a successful court challenge, reduce public support, and could be of limited effectiveness in a polyglot city like New York.
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