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Old Apr 7, 2009, 11:49 am
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We Will Never Forget
 
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Originally Posted by Spiff
Welcome to the public.

The First Amendment does not disappear at the checkpoint, much as Comrade TSA might like it to.

Do we bar cameras when the police are frisking someone in public? Or when the police are tossing someone's car? The only difference is that these actions are being performed by non-law enforcement personnel with NO probable cause to do so. All the more reason to record these disgusting actions on film. Perhaps someday these recordings will come in handy for a criminal trial against TSA...
I'd be willing to be that people would vote for privacy over an odd freedom, if given the chance. But you have a valid rationale.
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