Those Poor, Abused TSA Workers....

[PingSpike]

I'm with the OP on this one. No one is forcing them to do this particular job ergo its their choice. Boohoo, you suffer verbal abuse. Then quit!

 

[Spyro]

Im going to laugh when people get blown up in flight because they didnt want someones private areas inspected where the bomber hid the bomb.

Why should they bother putting the bomb on the flight, when they can just blow it up in the TSA security line while the TSOs are feeling everyone up?

 

[drebo]

Why should they bother putting the bomb on the flight, when they can just blow it up in the TSA security line while the TSOs are feeling everyone up?

Pretty much...the density of life is way higher standing in the line waiting for security than it is on the actual flight most times. Or in line at the ticket counters.

Seriously, there are WAY WAY better ways to kill people than bringing bombs onto a commercial flight. These stupid policies are 100% pointless.

 

[soulcougher73]

Why should they bother putting the bomb on the flight, when they can just blow it up in the TSA security line while the TSOs are feeling everyone up?

Who knows. Would make more sense to traget other things with with much higher density of people that doesnt require you to get near a security check point of any kind.

 

[Spyro]

Who knows. Would make more sense to traget other things with with much higher density of people that doesnt require you to get near a security check point of any kind.

From what I have seen terrorists don't really care about being caught after the act - most times their plan seems to be to go out with the blast. From that perspective, there is nowhere that will ever be safe.

So, why not just stop worrying about terrorists hiding under every bush and just get on with life?

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

- Benjamin Franklin

 

[bamacre]

We have let the terrorists win by allowing them to influence the policies that direct our daily life. It's just that simple. By not resisting their influence, we have surrendered our will to them.

QFT.

The goal of terrorism is to cause fear. We're so fucking scared we don't give a shit that a child is at an airport, half naked, being groped by a stranger. That's fear. And this in the "land of the free and home of the brave?" My ass.

 

[nick1985]

QFT.

The goal of terrorism is to cause fear. We're so fucking scared we don't give a shit that a child is at an airport, half naked, being groped by a stranger. That's fear. And this in the "land of the free and home of the brave?" My ass.

More QFT

 

[shira]

QFT.

The goal of terrorism is to cause fear. We're so fucking scared we don't give a shit that a child is at an airport, half naked, being groped by a stranger. That's fear. And this in the "land of the free and home of the brave?" My ass.

More QFT

Last I recall, righties were all for warrantless wiretaps, black renditions, waterboarding, and complete disregard for due process procedures. But I guess when confronted by the prospect of a pat-down, it's just too much for your fragile psyches to bear, and all you macho types go NIMBY.

 

[MotF Bane]

Last I recall, righties were all for warrantless wiretaps, black renditions, waterboarding, and complete disregard for due process procedures. But I guess when confronted by the prospect of a pat-down, it's just too much for your fragile psyches to bear, and all you macho types go NIMBY.

Your brush is too broad for this business.

 

[bamacre]

Last I recall, righties were all for warrantless wiretaps, black renditions, waterboarding, and complete disregard for due process procedures. But I guess when confronted by the prospect of a pat-down, it's just too much for your fragile psyches to bear, and all you macho types go NIMBY.

And if I recall, those on the left were flailing their arms like apes regarding this shit when Bush was in office. Hypocrites pointing out others' hypocrisy.

 

[nick1985]

Your brush is too broad for this business.

He does have an awfully wide brush.

 

[Zorba]

Last I recall, righties were all for warrantless wiretaps, black renditions, waterboarding, and complete disregard for due process procedures. But I guess when confronted by the prospect of a pat-down, it's just too much for your fragile psyches to bear, and all you macho types go NIMBY.

I've always been against all of that bullshit. It seems to me that most of the people against this on this forum are the moderates.

 

[shira]

And if I recall, those on the left were flailing their arms like apes regarding this shit when Bush was in office. Hypocrites pointing out others' hypocrisy.

We flail our arms at REAL invasions of privacy. Like the government monitoring our emails or listening to our phone calls or secretly finding out what books we buy, especially in situations where we have no choice AND don't know if big brother is there. A one-second full-body scan at an airport is small potatoes in comparison.

 

[shira]

TSA workers are doing a job for money that is breaking the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of the United States. They are simply reaping what they are sowing. You will never NEVER be happy and enjoy a job for money that is disgusting and hurting sexually, your fellow human beings. They have no business fondling people in the name of security. That is a bunch of BS. Israel successfully uses profiling and we need to do the same thing. This BS of being "politically correct" is defunct and man pleasing. We should have the honor and integrity to be honest moral people who will not sell their soul for a bowl of beans or rice.
TSA workers will have to endure worse and worse conditions. They are doing the work of a communist socialist agenda. They are traitors and if they don't realize it, they are so blind spiritually that they probably don't care but they whine and complain about it.

You're a fool and have no understanding of the Constitution. Where were you when drunk-driving checkpoints were given a pass by the courts?

 

[MotF Bane]

We flail our arms at REAL invasions of privacy. Like the government monitoring our emails or listening to our phone calls or secretly finding out what books we buy, especially in situations where we have no choice AND don't know if big brother is there. A one-second full-body scan at an airport is small potatoes in comparison.

Hypocrite.

 

[shira]

I've always been against all of that bullshit. It seems to me that most of the people against this on this forum are the moderates.

All of that bullshit? Are you against passing through a metal detector or putting your carry-ons and checked baggage through scanners? And if not, what in principle is the difference between those and going through a full-body scan, where your face is obscured? Or should impositions only be made on those who look like arabs?

 

[shira]

Hypocrite.

Really? Are you saying that to be a non-hypocrite one must either support ALL anti-terrorism measure or be against all such measures?

 

[bamacre]

We flail our arms at REAL invasions of privacy. Like the government monitoring our emails or listening to our phone calls or secretly finding out what books we buy, especially in situations where we have no choice AND don't know if big brother is there. A one-second full-body scan at an airport is small potatoes in comparison.

Or you could be a nonpartisan hack and oppose both, like me.

 

[shira]

Or you could be a nonpartisan hack and oppose both, like me.

Are you saying you oppose ALL anti-terrorism measures that place any burden at all on U.S. citizens?

 

[CycloWizard]

We flail our arms at REAL invasions of privacy. Like the government monitoring our emails or listening to our phone calls or secretly finding out what books we buy, especially in situations where we have no choice AND don't know if big brother is there. A one-second full-body scan at an airport is small potatoes in comparison.

So which is a bigger privacy issue: some guy shoving his hands down my pants or someone listening in to a phone call? Both are wrong, but it takes a real knuckle dragger to say that wiretapping is a comparable breach, let alone worse.

 

[Zorba]

All of that bullshit? Are you against passing through a metal detector or putting your carry-ons and checked baggage through scanners? And if not, what in principle is the difference between those and going through a full-body scan, where your face is obscured? Or should impositions only be made on those who look like arabs?

Why don't you read the post (of yours) I quoted, which was talking about warrantless wire tapping, water boarding, etc. That is the bullshit I was talking about.

I have already said in the thread I have no problem with metal detectors and baggage scanners. I also have no problem with bomb sniffers. Not only did I say that earlier, you responded directly to that post. So this leads me to believe you are purposely being disingenuous.

If you can't understand the difference between a virtual strip search and a metal detector I believe you are beyond help. I also like how you attempt to play the race card, even though you'll never find a single post I have ever made in favor of racial profiling. I've always been against profiling for many reasons, the number one being as soon as you give a pass to certain groups they will be used.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Im going to laugh when people get blown up in flight because they didnt want someones private areas inspected where the bomber hid the bomb.

If it's a suicide bomber they can just as well have the bomb surgically implanted. Good luck finding that with the infallible patdown method.

Thanks to the fear of Al Qaida the USA is hurting itself and limiting the freedom of 'the land of the free' far more than Al Qaida ever could.

 

[Skitzer]

My solution is to hire special team of VERY attractive male and female screeners specifically for the pat downs and these will be done opposite sex basis (or based on your sexuality). Ta da!

This!

 

[bamacre]

Are you saying you oppose ALL anti-terrorism measures that place any burden at all on U.S. citizens?

No. I'm saying I wasn't defending this shit under Bush, as you implied.

 

[IBMer]

If it's a suicide bomber they can just as well have the bomb surgically implanted. Good luck finding that with the infallible patdown method.

Thanks to the fear of Al Qaida the USA is hurting itself and limiting the freedom of 'the land of the free' far more than Al Qaida ever could.

You have been watching too much Dark Knight. If it was that simple it would have been done already...