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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker highlights the absurdity of security checks targeting young children who cannot be dangerous.
In plain terms
Security staff search young children as if they were dangerous adults.
What can you take from it?
Security measures can lose perspective on risk.

Where it applies

  • travel
  • security protocols
  • public policy

Putting it to work

  • question security protocols
  • protect vulnerable groups

Questions to consider

  • Are security measures proportional?
  • How do we balance safety and dignity?

Another view

It simplifies complex security trade-offs into a joke.

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