Azathoth123 comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, July 2014, chapter 102 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Azathoth123 06 September 2014 03:37:23AM *  3 points [-]

Well the right wing talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh opposed it from day 1.

Also I remember a left wing political cartoon from shortly after 9/11 implying that Republicans were in bed with the corporate sector for not wanting to nationalize airport security (which was then provided by private contractors).

Comment author: MugaSofer 06 September 2014 12:58:42PM *  0 points [-]

Ah, interesting! I didn't know that. Props to Limbaugh et al.

(Nationalizing airport security seems orthogonal to the TSA search issue, though.)

Comment author: Azathoth123 08 September 2014 05:16:57AM 4 points [-]

(Nationalizing airport security seems orthogonal to the TSA search issue, though.)

Private contractors hired by and answerable to the airports (and to a certain extend the airlines) have more incentive to not annoy customers than a national agency with fuzzy accountability.