My post was in reference to the original poster saying that he liked to gum up the system as a protest against the TSA. I didn't defend TSA policies. If you want to debate that stuff, I'm not really interested. I just follow, I don't make policy. My job is to do the best job with what they give me. I don't get too personally invested in whether the prohibition against liquids is good or not. No one is going to listen to my opinion anyway.

I do think my original point stands...all the original poster is doing is making it harder on other travelers. It won't ruin my day if his plane is late, or other people have to wait longer.

But if people actually care enough about this, then they should try to do something about it. If I actually thought my government was doing something immoral/unconstitutional/etc that I worked myself into a frenzy about it, then I would feel a moral obligation to fight it.

If just a few hundred travelers refused to comply with the TSA around the country, it would make headline news everywhere. If enough wrote their congressmen, the issue would show up on the national radar. If tons of profitable business travelers stopped flying, the airlines would take notice.

A small group of people can change national policy. It wouldn't take much to generate enough of a momentum against the TSA. But the idiot loud mouths are simply too lazy to actually do anything to support their beliefs. They will post here, or throw a tantrum at the airport but won't do the hard work that true protest is all about.

For every one of you who acts like a big baby in the checkpoint, there are three to four other adult passengers shaking their heads about your conduct. When you act like a two year old, you cause people to judge your beliefs by your behavior. I don't need to justify my job, people who throw fits cause sympathy for the TSA without us doing a thing.

I will never have to worry about about my job as long as the frequent flyer population acts like they are being sent to the gas chamber every time they have to take off their shoes. Sensible adults won't join you. Congresspeople don't want to listen to you because you act like a nut. Parents point people like you out to their children when they pass through the airport as an example of how not to behave in public.

There is a great debate to be had about TSA policies. But we will never hear that debate because the frequent flyer types have marginalized themselves and are too lazy to actually take a stand that might inconvenience themselves.

So spout, rage, insult me, compare me to NAZIs, or anything you want. All I ask is you continue to keep paying those security fees.

Angry Dan