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I'm sure they don't laugh at us running around like idiots throwing away toiletries, getting strip-searched, and shuffling through security barefoot while someone ogles our naked bodies in another room.

I don't entirely understand the individual psychology behind terrorism, but I'm absolutely certain that it isn't so they can laugh at us when we're in the security queue.

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You've missed his point slightly. It is not that they are literally laughing..

But the point was - terrorists aim to provoke fear and discord; blowing up a passenger aircraft is pretty terrifying, but causing anger, fear frustration and discord on an international scale can be just as good. And all they have to do is get a bomb (even a useless, utterly ineffective one) onto a plane every few months.

Bureaucracy does the rest :)

In some places an evil bureaucracy won't be above using its intelligence services for a couple of "false flag" ops. They'll have them plant a bomb or two every 5-6 months. You know, just so to keep a healthy dose of fear running through everyone's veins.

These terrorist are trying since forever to destroy the Democracy! And our brave officers are holding them back proudly.

We have located their base of operations and its Eastasia.

I disagree. I'd rather see one million people inconvenienced by taking off their shoes than see one person killed by a bomb. I think the terrorists are the other way around.

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