Originally Posted by Spiff
No one forced these people to take a job with the TSA that involves un-American harassment of their fellow citizens and guests in the country. In my opinion, any TSA agent who engages in this un-American activity should hear it from each person they harass. Perhaps it will motivate them to pass the passengers' unhappiness up the line, or better yet, quit en masse, forcing the TSA management to rethink these asinine policies of harassment.
All vitriolic rhetoric aside, exactly why is searching someone in the name of security un-American? One can argue about the efficacy of the policy, but I haven't seen anything in your posts that demonstrates violation of the Constitution.
I work at rock concerts for fun, and we surely search people. Why? Having someone stabbed at your venue is not fun, and even less so for the person getting stabbed. Sure, it's far less likely that someone can get something through the scanner, and the search may not serve a purpose, may be annoying, blah, blah, blah..but un-American? I don't think so...
Cheers.