Originally Posted by magic111
What a relief to see that with the billions of dollars spent on homeland security TSA still can not recognize the difference between an old gray hair man and an Islamic jihadist? I know the TSA agent whom sent me (another old gray hair man) to secondary for no reason except spite would not be able to distinguish **** from shinola let alone me from an Islamic jihadist.
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As an outsider to this particular forum and a long time lurker (13+ months) before joining and posting I always find these issues to most interesting ones to dissect. While I certainly agree that the OP was mistreated and should correspond with whatever officials necessary to make sure that such instances are reduced, to suggest that the TSA as a whole seeks to undermine the rights of individuals is at best preposterous and at worse dangerous. As a liberal myself, I very much appreciate the fervor with which many on this board protect the inherent rights of man to privacy and the like but we must remember the global environment that we live in. To suggest that our democratically elected government instituted a program specifically intended to abridge our rights accomplishes the tasks that the terrorists could not achieve: it breaks the american spirit.
So, continue to compel the TSA to refine its tasks in order to facilitate "safety" but dont take the actions of a few foolish agents as representative of the attitudes of greater society.
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