tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post8766984473694221693..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Harden up, Auckland UniEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-24879371341560284702015-04-21T19:45:36.787+12:002015-04-21T19:45:36.787+12:00"....and purchases might be checked on leavin..."....and purchases might be checked on leaving the mall." <br /><br />How would searching people's bags <em>on the way out</em> prevent terrorism? Are we stopping terrorism or shoplifting?Hobbesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-27179660945612376542015-04-20T10:30:01.183+12:002015-04-20T10:30:01.183+12:00Good to see a healthy level of scepticism from the...Good to see a healthy level of scepticism from the NZ Herald commenters!Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-72617248465597712302015-04-19T22:24:00.346+12:002015-04-19T22:24:00.346+12:00I do agree. The world has never been safer, but yo...I do agree. The world has never been safer, but you would not think so when people such as this get on the loose.VMCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-71520944728354948582015-04-19T19:38:46.831+12:002015-04-19T19:38:46.831+12:00The so-called security expert is in fact a busines...The so-called security expert is in fact a business lecturer at some obscure UK university. She claims that NZ has to emulate the security measures seen at malls in the US and UK. I do not know about the UK but as far as I know no US mall requires ID and bag checks for admission. Imagine how the public would respond to be asked to produce ID to go shopping. Plus the costs of imposing such a regime nation-wide would be prohibitive for many businesses.<br /><br /><br />Then there is that small issue of the actual threat environment in NZ as opposed to the US and UK. Heck, if we follow her logic (and your even better logic here) we should impose drastic restrictions on freedom of movement at transportation hubs kapa haka events etc. Unless there is something about commodity fetichism stirs the juices of evil doers, the range of soft targets ripe for "black swan" events is broad.<br /><br /><br />One pernicious result of 9/11 is the proliferation of security and terrorism "experts" as well as risk and security firms that all have a vested interest in fear-mongering and hyping terrorist threats regardless of the realities involved. This is one such instance.Paul G. Buchanannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-51080068460873236782015-04-19T13:33:47.408+12:002015-04-19T13:33:47.408+12:00A few years ago I read an interesting essay by a s...A few years ago I read an interesting essay by a security analyst. <br /><br />He pointed out that at airports, why don't terrorists stage their hostage taking or suicide bombing at this security parameter before their bags searched.<br /><br />This security analyst was not a game theorist in the tradition of Thomas Schelling <br /><br />This security analyst wasn't aware that the whole idea of all these attacks is to get through the security and still attack.<br /><br />Terrorism is a violent form of bargaining, which is more effective in intimidating its target audiences when it shows it can break through the normal security.Jim Rosehttp://utopiayouarestandinginit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com