Security at the theater venue

ucbalumnus
Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:20:28 +0000

dietz199:

Honestly, it seems that with some folks a business is danged if they do and danged if they don’t.

Actually, with terrorism, it often is. Terrorism is something where offense is relatively easy and cheap, while defense and security against terrorism is difficult and costly. And “costly” not only includes the monetary aspect (hiring additional police and security guards, etc.), but also includes the loss of freedom involved. Consider acts like shooting up a house of worship during services, driving a car into a crowd, etc. where defending all possible theaters, houses of worship, and crowds is enormously more expensive than making the attack. Also, a terrorist group can make a public threat to cause a fearful population to spend money and give up freedom to defend against the threat, even if no actual attack occurs. Of course, if no defensive measures are taken, the terrorist group will find it easier to attack.

Visible minorities often have it worse both ways, since they are often the targets of terrorist attacks, but are also more likely to be treated with greater suspicion by police and security guards, or sometimes by higher level policy ostensibly for greater security.