Over at the Ten Ring, Denise has some random thoughts on the Mumbai massacre. She refers to our current security posture as "security theater". I like that term, because it is so descriptive of what is happening around the country. We seem to hope that by creating the "illusion" of security, that somehow we will all be safer. Magical thinking does not stand up well when confronted by reality. People bent on killing people and creating terror can be unbelievably inventive when it comes to outwitting the "security theater."
Police can not be everywhere, and you wouldn't want them everywhere even if you could have them. The police are not there to protect you, personally. They are there to provide overall law enforcement, take reports and clean up the messes. The one thing that can be readily assured will be that citizens will be at any target chosen by terrorists. If more of our citizens were armed, and had a mindset to act, we would all be safer, never mind the security kabuki with its liberty robbing set pieces.
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