13 April 2002 - criminal background

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On Second Thought, It Won’t Make Any Difference

More and more airport workers are undergoing criminal background checks. Although this enhances safety by keeping airline executives out of the terminals, the long-term consequences are frightening. As overcrowded jails rotate their populations ever more rapidly, the few remaining law-abiding citizens will be dangerously concentrated in a few locations, where one strike could wipe them out. Also, the disgruntled former baggage handlers will join moving companies, and break your furniture.

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