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Is this really something that's asked like this now? If so, I wonder how many people mess up and click the wrong answer and also what actually happens if they do click it.
They did that in 2016 already. It's exactly as stupid as it sounds. No one that actually is, is going to answer it honestly, and everyone else is going to say no, so obviously it won't work.
When I visited the US in 2000 (yep, pre-9/11), everyone was handed a small paper form shortly before landing(!), in the plane, and I distinctly remember that checkbox asking me if I am planning any illegal or terrorist activity after entering the country.
I still do not understand its purpose. I honestly don't.
I've heard it explained as a way to make your sentence harsher in case you are a terrorist and get caught. not only you were planning to do bad things, but also LIED about it to the GUBMENT. DOUBLE CRIME
Thanks, that sounds plausible enough for me. Has Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking vibes, bureaucracy would love this, so I shall accept this as fact henceforth, and indulge my confirmation bias!
Killing those 20 people was pretty bad, but this extra charge for lying is what really adds up to the sentence.
You really think a terrorist would do that? Lie about being a terrorist?
I think it's a minimization of the warnings not to bring weapons and other dangerous articles onto an airplane to asking if the reader promises not to do any harm. In reality of course, things can be dangerous even if the reader didn't intend them to be. I fly a lot and haven't seen such a question stated in this way.