On Airport Security

With the exception of a rare few, people do not look forward to waking up every morning and heading to work. Consequently, breaks from work are needed and granted in most jobs. Vacations are meant to be a time to relax and destress. In order to make the most of this time off, many people choose to travel to another location. This is where the stress level increases. Airports have always been notorious for long waiting times, but now the added security has made everything much worse.
The first problem is that nothing can be private any longer. All luggage is opened in front of everyone and sifted through. Even when there is nothing improper in the suitcase, the event still leaves one feeling a bit exposed and embarrassed.
For a brief period of time, Jet Blue tried to remedy this problem by using a chemical to detect explosives. A small cotton ball was dipped in the chemical and waved over the suitcase. Any form of explosive would cause the cotton ball to turn brown. This method did not even last for six months before the government claimed it was unacceptable. Obviously, the government doesn't care whether or not there are explosives. The main concern is that everyone gets used to having all of their personal belongings searched.
As if this was not bad enough, things became worse with the shoe bomber. Now everyone has to remove their shoes while going through the metal detector. This is the most ridiculous thing ever. If someone had an amount of explosives small enough to be wedged in a shoe, that person can obviously hide it somewhere else. Having people remove shoes is unnecessary and pointless.
But this is not the end. After the scheme that those people in England hatched, we are now forbidden to carry any liquid more than three fluid ounces on board. This is by far the worst and most inconvenient policy the airlines have ever dreamed up. The idea behind this is that no one can ever plan to get on board and mix chemicals together to blow up the plane. This may seem logical, but it truly is not if you think about for a moment.
I don't know about anyone else, but I can certainly say that I would not sit idly by if the person in the seat next to me was mixing flasks of chemicals over a Bunsen burner. Although some people did come up with a scheme, it was found out a year in advance and prevented. Frankly, I don't think they would've pulled it off had they been allowed on the flight. Everyone should stop worrying so much about terrorists, and worry more about the control and the rights that are being relinquished all too easily.
I am not going to blow up the aircraft with my shampoo. And I don't want my shampoo all over my clothes when I arrive at my destination. This just kills the vacation. Now when I travel somewhere, I cannot bring back a beer from that region for fear that it will break while being handled with the rest of the cargo. Mother's with infants are being forced to drink their own breast milk. And everyone is okay with it!
What it really comes down to is this: most people that praise all of the servicemen that have fought for this country and our freedoms are hypocrits. On the one hand they claim that it is noble to die in order to protect freedom. But then when the person that may die is them, they immediately surrender all freedoms without a fight. And all for a false sense of security. I, for one, would rather die than give up my freedoms. Perhaps the slogan "Freedom isn't free" should be changed to "Freedom isn't important."