What is unreasonable about searching for explosives of those who choose to ride the subway?
This is: The policeman doing the searching cannot articulate a reason to suspect you of being a terrorist, or any other kind of criminal for that matter.
What is unreasonable, as implemented in NYC, is:
- Only a tiny percentage are searched
- Anyone chosen for search can decline and walk away.
This does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR SECURITY.
If some nut wants to take a bomb onto a NY subway, he will probably not be chosen for search.
If the nut IS chosen for search, he just says "no", walks away, and tries again later, most likely not getting chosen for search the next time.
Why people think random checks, with the option to decline and leave, does anything for security is an absolutely astounding display of intellectual surrealism.
What, you think some bomber is going to consent to a search of his bomb-laden luggage when he has the option to just walk away and try again later? are y'all NUTS?