Originally Posted by
zitsky
TSORon, I'm one of those folks who sit in the political middle who think you get beaten up too much in this forum. Not that it matters (who am I) but I've even agreed with your opinion in some threads. However, I've lost a lot of respect for you after reading your post and some of the comments in this thread. You may not be the anonymous poster, but by posting their opinion and stating your initial question, you basically suggest you agree that anyone who disagrees with the TSA is automatically supporting terrorists.
You sir are reading far too much into a simple question. I posted it because it caused me to think, it caused me to view the question from a different direction, and to reassess my own opinion on the subject.
I posted it because I thought that the folks here might be able to glean some measure of the truth in an otherwise polarized debate, that they might have a moment of pause and a thoughtful response. Intelligent debate. I honestly should have known better.
Originally Posted by
zitsky
I really want to believe that the government and TSA are trying to protect us. I want to believe that they care about the public and are trying to minimize the disruptions to flyers. It just gets harder and harder to believe that when I see a post like yours. If you're a senior person at your airport, you have a responsibility to represent the truth to the public. This forum is all about providing your opinion, but you should understand that calling yourself TSORon means you will be held to a different standard than someone called "bumblebee123".
I honestly hope that they are doing all of this as well. I am a very small cog in the great machine of life. I can’t tell you what the policy makers are thinking, what they are trying to achieve other than what they release for public consumption. I can give you the benefit of my experience, my expertise, and my opinion, but I can’t guarantee what’s going to happen next week at any checkpoint, not even my own. No one at my level can. I call myself TSORon because I have chosen to not hide the fact that I am a TSO, or what I do, or where my knowledge comes from. I am not a senior anything here, just another worker-bee, and have never said otherwise. And “held to a different standard” be dammed. If the folks here choose to do so then that is their choice, not mine. I have my own standards, and I’ll stick to those thank you.
Now, the original question is not one that I have ever seen in this forum. Not once. Given its uniqueness, and its thought provoking nature, I decided to share it with an audience that might just see it for more than what it is. I have no doubt that is has done just that, you coming out of your lurker-hood as you have proves this. No matter your personal opinions on this matter, it has caused
you to comment when you otherwise most likely would have not. This makes the original post worth-while.