Security Gone Too Far?

[Coemgen]

I've always liked this quote.

Actually, that's not what he said. It's a common misconception, but the actual quote is:

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

Anyway, since we're brandying quotes around:

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. — Thomas Jefferson

Back on topic: I think that while security is important, it does, in general, go too far these days. Putting your sporran through the scanner I can deal with. Confiscating nail clippers, sgian don'ts, and shampoo and toothpaste, not so much.

Personally, I think that the airports should have control over it, not the government. It seems that if it were a private enterprise, there would be a bigger incentive to have security done quickly and effectively.