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Mar 20, 2010 | 7:49 am

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Originally Posted by WhyNotKnow

Because TSA along with Police, and military groups across the nation saluted these heroes in many airports as they made their way to Washington. Is it wrong to salute these heroes and show it on a website?

see what TSORon posted below

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Originally Posted by TSO1973

Since when is saluting a veteran a bad thing? And just simply posting a link to the very same story off the TSA website doesn't qualify as "milking it" IMHO.

see what TSORon posted below

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Originally Posted by TSORon

Some TSA groups feel it necessary to have an “Honor Guard” for one reason or another. Its not a policy I agree with or support, TSA is not the military nor anything like it. I have been on an actual Honor Guard team, military type, and find the various TSA groups attempts kind of laughable.

BUT, honoring veterans is one of the most honorable things that any citizen can do. I don’t care who they are, where they work, or anything about their past. Its honorable, and deserves the respect of every citizen no matter what your personal feelings on the subject or your belief’s. Those who use this as a means of forwarding their personal agenda should be ashamed of themselves. I am certainly ashamed of you.

while you and i have butted heads over 3.4 ounces of toothpaste in the past

, you said it better than i could in my opening post and i agree with you 100%. yes, honor and respect every (n.b. every) veteran as if it wasn't for them....but that's not what i was referring to when i started this thread but rather for the tsa to take focus away from what they are supposed to be doing and to align themselves with military forces (or para-military for that matter) is simply wrong. while many of the tsa's employees may be veterans, that does/should not come into play as the tsa's job is to protect me (john q. goalie, member of the traveling public) and to focus on that*-period and end of story, plane and simple

*and to get it right but that's for other threads and discussions

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