it's been a long while since i've had to fly anywhere, and it's very much by design. the main reason i was so into us obtaining vehicular transport--i have a license but i despise driving and find cars to be mostly cumbersome and redundant and socially/environmentally irresponsible when you live in an urban centre--was that it would allow us to do
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What frustrates me more than anything is that the spaces where this harassment occurs are deliberately constructed to engender feelings of panic. Essentially, customs personnel and the like want you to freak out because then it justifies the brutality of their actions. And despite my best intentions, I walk into it every time. When I see my mother walk into that little room, there is always a moment when I honestly wonder if she is going to come back out. Which is ludicrous... and yet not ( ... )
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and thanks for upping the analysis ante on the physical space in the airport; it really is about creating a discipline and punish situation.
and didn't we have someone working on the transporter? aren't dirigibles poised to make a comeback? (just in case... i challenge you to a race around the world!)
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Yes, this. And the people who are truly bad and actually want to do harm know how to get past these spaces of panic, leaving the rest of us who just want to get on the fucking plane feeling frightened. Which inevitably appears suspicious.
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