IMO we the FFs who are impacted by TSA-caused indignities more than the average citizen need a place to vent, and thus the "second-grade" type terms and comments are expected and not inappropriate. That FT is our "venting place" makes all the more important efforts like bocastephen's sensiblesecurity.org, where IMO such second-grade terms would be inappropriate. In no way do I see posts here diminishing those efforts, unless he were to post a link to this forum from the site, which I doubt he would.

While I'm not a big fan of the McDonald's reject terms, nor do I typically call Chertoff Skeletor even though I do appreciate the sentiment, I will admit to using KHIAI in both letter and spirit, and I have referred to certain specific screeners who commit specific actions as goons. I'm fine with that. Were I granted a face-to-face with Chertoff or Hawley, I would not use such terminology. But this forum is not a face-to-face with those guys. If they wish to come here and engage us in discussion, I'd show a little more respect for them as people in those conversations. But I still believe the architects of the no-fly list should be tried on treason charges.

Grass-roots uprisings have never been entirely civil. It's not like the American Revolutionaries, even prior to open hostilities, were in the habit of being civil to either the British Crown or the "front-line" colonial government agents. IIRC a lot of burning in effigy and ugly written satire were involved, in addition to outright illegal acts such as property destruction and worse.