Changes Since 9/11

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In this article, the writer discusses three changes in the U.S. society present following the horrifying terrorist attacks of 9/11. The writer examines the subject of new airline security measures. The writer concludes that the changes post-9/11 have been profound, both in a political and a cultural sense. The writer notes that the only marginally acceptable changes among the three types discussed in this paper are those involving air travel. Even so, the writer maintains that while they make travel safer theoretically, they have also made it less convenient and more costly, and the jury is still out on whether the added layers of security are really useful or just psychologically comforting.

From the Paper:

"Airport security seemed to be the most visible venue for implementing new 'security' measures post-9/11. It must be said; both the USA Patriot Act and the airport security measures seem a lot like shutting the barn door after the horse has already escaped. Moreover, in the case of airport security, the additional measures were both too late, and necessary.
That they were too late is obvious. Had there been reinforced cockpit doors in all aircraft pre-9/11, perhaps the hijackers could not have taken over the planes and crashed them. However, in the 1970s, hijackers were content to simply threaten passengers and pilots and kill off one or two while sitting on the tarmac in some developing nation until their demands were met. Without the free and easy access that had returned to aircraft after the heyday of 1970s hijackings had passed, perhaps the hijackers on 9/11 might have returned to the modus operandi of those earlier days."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Airport security since 9/11: How far have we come? (2002, September 12). Access Control and Security Systems. Accessed December 13, 2005 at http://transportationsec.com/ar/security_airport_security_far/
• Benson, A. (2004) Erosion of liberty since September 11. Yes magazine online. Accessed December 13, 2005 at http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=552
• Kellogg, P. (2004, November 22). A seismic change in audiences since 9/11. Gotham Gazette. Accessed December 13, 2004 at http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/20041122/202/1185A Seismic Change in Audiences

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