Freedom, safety, and all that

[serinde]

Here am I, sitting on campus, as part of a five-hour expedition so I can give a half-hour orientation talk to the incoming freshmen. (Why do we have orientation in May for the incoming Fall students? I wish I knew.) And unlike the previous ones, it's running late, not early, heigh ho.

So I'm listening to the representative of Public Safety give his talk. And although I am sure part of what he's doing is trying to reassure the kiddies' parents that their darlings will be safe at loose in the city, I have a serious. fucking. problem with the start of his speech, which ran roughly thus:

"How many of you were asked for ID when you came in this morning?" (no hands go up.) "Not one of you, right? Yeah, it is kinda funny that, after 9/11, you can go into a building and no one asks you for IDs. Hunter is currently an open campus. But we're gonna fix that."

Feh.

Comments

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

They aren't everywhere like was the case some 7 years ago, but they still have National Guard young'uns with Big Guns in "significant" locations. Penn Station, too.

[caelfinn.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, but did you know that the National Guard folks you see in subway/train/bus stations don't have any bullets in those M16's? I don't know if it's changed but it was definitely the case immediately post 9/11.

I feel safer already.

I highly recommend Bruce Schneier's blog on security:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/