TSO "rubbing" my back!
Oct 4, 2010, 10:00 am
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Oct 4, 2010, 10:28 am
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^ I came back from India this past New Year, unaware of the 'Christmas bomber'. Delhi was on a 'high alert' on US flights. No problem with the ladies who did the screening there. We should only be so lucky to be treated that well here in the US.
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Oct 5, 2010, 9:24 am
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Court decisions have extended the right to travel to flying. There is absolutely no question about that. Neither automobiles nor airplanes existed when the Constitution was penned, yet the courts have managed to get it right.
Also the first attempt to bring down the World Trade Center involved a van loaded with explosives in the parking garage.
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Oct 19, 2010, 1:15 am
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I respect your statements but my experience had been different in
Mumbai and Chennai airports. About 2 years back, I asked the security man in Chennai whether I needed to take my laptop out (as I find that in some places, you don't have to) and he went on a tirade of abuses in Hindi, only a little bit of which I understood!
In the same airport, the lady in front of me mentioned something about the security man looked "hasseled" and moved on beyond the security check point. The poor me, next in line was the brunt of attack from a bunch of security men, who didn't even realize that it wasn't me and the offending person was already cleared!
Mumbai and Chennai airports. About 2 years back, I asked the security man in Chennai whether I needed to take my laptop out (as I find that in some places, you don't have to) and he went on a tirade of abuses in Hindi, only a little bit of which I understood!
In the same airport, the lady in front of me mentioned something about the security man looked "hasseled" and moved on beyond the security check point. The poor me, next in line was the brunt of attack from a bunch of security men, who didn't even realize that it wasn't me and the offending person was already cleared!
Now you're talking about verbal abuse.