Originally Posted by
TSORon
The
point was the big
at the end. But as usual if my name is attached to it then people here ignore it. (sigh)
Better an angry answer or a quick gouge than admit to seeing the humor in the comment.
Just as TSA views any jokes that I may make about bombs, terrorism, or freedom as reasonable cause to detain or otherwise harass and interrogate me, so to will joking by TSA representatives here be construed as threats to the free movement of persons in the United States and as proposed scope creep.
Originally Posted by
FliesWay2Much
Folks -- My "clueless" comment several posts ago referred to the specifics of the MARC Brunswick Line and the names of the conductors. When taking into account all of the other posts from train commuters, I'd assert the message is that we are our own culture and would not take kindly to TSA screeners asserting themselves into our world. I'm pleased to find out that we on the MARC Brunswick Line aren't alone.
And, unlike a lot of airline employees whose companies openly support the TSA intrusions, our disdain of the TSA is shared by virtually all of the rail company employees who take us back & forth to work every day that we're in town.
Echoing that thought, more than just disdain, the culture of heavy rail commuters (at least on the Brunswick line) just wouldn't work within the rigid randomness of the TSA.
I see epithets, and borderline threats, thrown at Joe Biden and Secret Service for holding up the trains. I see Amtrak employees get ignored when their requests or directions would put an individual at risk for missing a train. I see plenty of people that would not stand for having water, let alone beer/wine/spirits, be taken away for being over a few ounces. I see plenty of people who on a daily basis make jokes about bombs and terrorism. I see plenty of people who virulently hate TSA.
And I'm one of them.