Originally Posted by
gsoltso
What I get from Barts comments was that he (and by extension the rest of us) are unable to predict what every coworker is capable of, and that such predictions are ridiculous to expect. Looking at each TSO as a possible pedophile or molester is about the same as looking at every employee of any other country in the world as a possible pedophile or molester.
Then why not take the opportunity away from any potential child molester?
Things seemed to be operating well with just the WTMD and the occasional swab test well before the mass introduction of the WBI.
Unless, of course, you have evidence that planes were falling out of the skies over American due to kids with explosive suicide vests.
Originally Posted by
DeafBlonde
Bolding mine: Would looking at each TSO as a possible pedophile be about at the same level as looking at each passenger as a possible terrorist?
For as long as I have been posting on FT, I have always seen the TSOs who frequent here pitch a fit when someone posts a story like this and makes a broad-brushed claim about all TSOs. They claim it isn't fair to view everyone as a potential this or that.
Yet, as you noted, when it comes to the traveling public, we are all viewed as potential terrorists and the TSOs here never raise a fuss about that broad brushing.
So, a very simple question:
If TSOs are free to view all travelers as potential terrorists, why can we not view all TSOs as potential child molesters?
What's good for the goose....