<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff:
Ah, the old "I was only doing my job" or "I was only following orders" excuse.
The TSA screeners knew exactly what they were getting into when they took this job. They knew upfront that they would be randomly harassing their fellow citizens without probable cause. They should not be at all surprised that many people view the TSA employees "doing their job" as some of the most unpatriotic people to have ever lived in this country.
True guardians of Freedom would have never agreed to work for the TSA with the present set of idiotic "random security" rules. And if they are not actively working to change the present system from within, one has to question their motivation and ultimately what this nation's principles mean to them.</font>
I agree they knew what they were getting into when they excepted their job. No doubt about that. But we differ on what we calling it harrasment. I don't feel I've ever been harrassed. And it is their job to search people and bags. I don't get upset when I order french fries at McDonalds and they ask if I want salt or ketchup with that. Nor do I get upset if a TSA worker asks me to step aside for a search. By policy, the TSA does not call them random screenings. They call them continuous. The TSA reps (supervisors) that I've spoken with said, its policy to continully be searching people. Done with one, select the next in line. Much to my luck, I haven't been searched at any of the TSA airports I've visited. After 9-11 and before TSA, I was selected about 50% of the time, because those selections were random and the security agent yanked me. Now it's the airline gate agent.
And that's garbage about true guardians of freedom. Name some true guardians of freedom?