“Common sense” tells me to wait until there is actually a bombing in the NYC subways, before saying that searches make no difference.

I can vouch that the searches are pointless. They don’t do searching at every station. What is stopping bombers from just going to another station and taking the train to their intended station, then going boom? Nothing. The searches are there to make the citizens feel good and safe. In reality searching make the subways no more safe.

Do you actually think that if a bomber wanted to do a killing in the nyc subway that they would be deterred by random searches? No. If someone were intent, then they would do it despite the searches. So why have them other than to make people feel all good and goshie inside?

If you think doing random searching at a few stations makes the subway system any safer then I have to tell you that you have been suckered.

I would rather face the reality that the money is better spent else where because it isn’t doing a single thing to make people safer. Given that it isn’t, it should be spent else where.

Forget the arguement of legality. Doing searches is a waste of tax payer money. THIS is common sense. Common sense says that if you are going to do searches then make sure they actually make a difference. Common sense does NOT say that they should be done, period because that doesn’t account for effectiveness (other than the public psychology/pathology)

I can feel your arguement, “but then you would say to not search at the airport.” At the airport the searching has a chance of making people safer because they do EVERYONE.

I was hoping the ACLU would win the case only because it would stop the ephin waste.

This brings up a great question, do you choose your the value set of Republican money grubbing or the Republican values of (false) “security”?

‘Safety for me, but not for thee’, eh?

Farkin hypocrites…