Since last month bombing in Jakarta, the securities measure through out Indonesia, especially in Jakarta. Everywhere you go, securities check you car and bag. Well, not that I am anti-terrorist (let’s assume terrorist did all the bombing), will our “put everybody under microscope” action actually help to get them?
See, it is totally OK for airports to do all the miniscule checking, not because we assume that terrorists always hijack planes, but because they have the devices to do the proper checking. It is so sensitive that some people with lots of blings take about 15 minutes alone walking back and forth from body-metal-detector. Yet, those advanced gadgets still fail to detect weapons made of non-metal (in movies, ivory gun will pass the metal detector).
Right, back to Indonesia. If you are living in Jakarta, you would find that you are being check every time you walk-in to malls. The securities guard will do a wipe movement to you bag using a device tat will go “beep”. It is a metal detector. The question is, how would this device help to get the bomb, if it is really placed in bags? The device will beep anyway, esp. ladies bags with many metal studs.
Or the search on your car every time you go to malls, hotels, or other public places. They’ll check the 2nd row (passenger area) and the trunk. Of course they have the magic device, the metal detector. They’ll do the wipe thing again, and since the car is made of 70% metal it will always beep anyway (if it is not beeping, check, the battery is off).
So what are they getting from the beep? Is it necessary? Is it merely to give a psychological safe feeling by “at least we are doing something”???
See, from the last bombing at Ritz Carlton & JW Marriot, can’t we learn something? Terrorists are not stupid, they’ve done their homework, they know the buildings, the rooms, the routines, and they also know how to sneak the bomb in. Remember, both hotels have quite advanced devices and usually made physical checking on your bags too (not only using metal detector, they also asked you to open your bag & toss the things inside). Still they missed it.
Isn’t it telling you something? Get them before they want to plant the bomb, get them when they about to plan it. It’ll save much more time & more lives.
See, it is totally OK for airports to do all the miniscule checking, not because we assume that terrorists always hijack planes, but because they have the devices to do the proper checking. It is so sensitive that some people with lots of blings take about 15 minutes alone walking back and forth from body-metal-detector. Yet, those advanced gadgets still fail to detect weapons made of non-metal (in movies, ivory gun will pass the metal detector).
Right, back to Indonesia. If you are living in Jakarta, you would find that you are being check every time you walk-in to malls. The securities guard will do a wipe movement to you bag using a device tat will go “beep”. It is a metal detector. The question is, how would this device help to get the bomb, if it is really placed in bags? The device will beep anyway, esp. ladies bags with many metal studs.
Or the search on your car every time you go to malls, hotels, or other public places. They’ll check the 2nd row (passenger area) and the trunk. Of course they have the magic device, the metal detector. They’ll do the wipe thing again, and since the car is made of 70% metal it will always beep anyway (if it is not beeping, check, the battery is off).
So what are they getting from the beep? Is it necessary? Is it merely to give a psychological safe feeling by “at least we are doing something”???
See, from the last bombing at Ritz Carlton & JW Marriot, can’t we learn something? Terrorists are not stupid, they’ve done their homework, they know the buildings, the rooms, the routines, and they also know how to sneak the bomb in. Remember, both hotels have quite advanced devices and usually made physical checking on your bags too (not only using metal detector, they also asked you to open your bag & toss the things inside). Still they missed it.
Isn’t it telling you something? Get them before they want to plant the bomb, get them when they about to plan it. It’ll save much more time & more lives.
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