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Old Mar 12, 2014, 4:47 am
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Carl Johnson
 
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Originally Posted by jkhuggins
Note that, even in that terribly brief segment, it's not "just" filming. It's filming with an audio commentary. And it's the snarky sound of that commentary that suggests to me that this is the end of a much longer conversation: one that we really should hear in its entirety before rendering final judgment.
The commentary doesn't sound snarky to me. To me, it sounds like a narration.

Too bad we have no way to hear previous parts of this conversation (if any) or previous conversations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tyVZu3KRJ8

Originally Posted by flyerhog
Errr....I'm sure whatever fleeting moment of discomfort caused by TSA screening is outweighed by the fact there are more pressing concerns in our country. Sure, the TSA has overstepped its role several times in its history, but at least it is adapting and changing.
This is a meaningless argument. Look at this: I'm sure X is outweighed by the fact that there are more pressing concerns in our country. Anything can substitute for "X". This is just an argument that the speaker should be allowed to determine what others are and aren't entitled to be concerned about. "Overstepped its role," and "adapting and changing" are so general as to be meaningless.


Originally Posted by javabytes
The person goading the TSO is not on the job and claiming to be a trained security professional.
There's no indication that anyone was goading the clerk; that was speculation. It's too bad that there aren't more videos of interactions by this passenger. Like these:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtj...kZuuSSA/videos

And no videos showing background explaining the behavior recorded in the original video. Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8qoVX3I_Ac

Too bad the passenger left so much room for speculation about his own behavior and motivations.

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