American security is a bitch. I had to do it at god-knows in the morning coming over the Canadian-American border - it was bleak and empty and I kept expecting to see a bloke in an SS uniform come around the corner, but by the sounds of it, road-border control is still less bad than airport security. At no point did I have to take my boots off, anyway.
But yes, I hear you. The terrorists have won - and the worst thing is that they're too busy being afraid to actually implement half the sensible, low-key policies that would protect them the way we have. Did you know that in America, leaving your luggage lying around to mark your place in a Greyhound queue is convention? Try that in England and the bomb squad would be up your ass in five seconds...
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Date: 2007-09-07 10:10 am (UTC)American security is a bitch. I had to do it at god-knows in the morning coming over the Canadian-American border - it was bleak and empty and I kept expecting to see a bloke in an SS uniform come around the corner, but by the sounds of it, road-border control is still less bad than airport security. At no point did I have to take my boots off, anyway.
But yes, I hear you. The terrorists have won - and the worst thing is that they're too busy being afraid to actually implement half the sensible, low-key policies that would protect them the way we have. Did you know that in America, leaving your luggage lying around to mark your place in a Greyhound queue is convention? Try that in England and the bomb squad would be up your ass in five seconds...