When my daughter sees a jet passing overhead she says, “Look!
Somebody’s going to Disneyland!” To her, it’s that simple. Planes can take you
to the happiest place on earth. Why would anyone use one for anything else? But
not everyone sees things the way she does. More than a dozen years ago someone
looked at passing aircraft and instead of seeing a mode of transportation
imagined a flying bomb; one that could take out America’s financial,
legislative and military centers. Because of monstrous minds like that, we have
to take security measures that can feel like an invasion of our privacy. I’m no
more comfortable with the thought of the NSA having a record of my phone
activity than I am with the TSA patting me down before a flight. But I
understand that dealing with monsters is never an easy thing. And I’d rather
live with my discomfort than take my chances with the monsters.
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