About those security measures…

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1. DON’T JUDGE ME BASED ON THIS, IT IS JUST A HYPOTHETICAL
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Anyways, enjoy :)

On this trip to India, towards the latter part of it, we visited quite a few temples. At these temples, a couple particularly stood out for an unexpected reason - their security measures. I found myself standing in a line with a hundred or so people, all passing through numerous metal detectors and being checked by police officers more than once. Along with this, apart from money which one might wish to donate at these temples, there was very little you could take inside. Even the phones needed to be left outside, which actually caused a lot of trouble grouping up again outside the temple. My grandmother on the wheelchair had to pass through a different route to outs and meet us inside. Amidst all of this, I thought - if some really wanted to ‘infiltrate’ or ‘attack’ such a place…how hard can it get?

Well, in a completely hypothetical scenario…I might have some ideas. For starters, the entire main focus was on metallic things. You don’t need metallic things to assassinate a fragile human body. Just a belt, a whip as a belt, a rope to strangle someone. Not that I’d ever do such a thing…but its not that it can’t be done. 

Secondly, the wheelchair there was real sketchy, it was barely standing in one piece and if you tugged the plastic handles hard enough, you’d be exposed to hollow steel rods. If you ever wanted to smuggle something through the wheelchair itself…you technically could. This could even be explosives and other contraband.

Now let’s say you wanted something similar to poison. Put a plastic pouch within your sock and wear it, then pretend like your sock got wet and take it off- your poison or any other substance is right there with you inside. 

These are just some of the thoughts. The police officers are humans too and at a place of worship they might even give you the benefit of the doubt. I saw a person enter from the exit because his child left his slippers behind. Now if one was to infiltrate such a place, they probably do have the skills to kidnap a child before even thinking of such things…unless they’re stupid, and that’s on them. 

So the saying “when there’s a will, there’s a way” would really also apply if one were to be possessed by the devil…

Anyways, considering the type of place, one would hope they're safe, and luckily for them, they almost always are.

(at least safer than some schools...)  

Anyways, I'm just mildly salty that my parents didn't let me sneak a phone in despite me having a brilliant plan in mind :/ I probably wouldn't even use it, but just sneaking it in for the rebellious pleasure would be really fun and would make for a great story some day.