The Ether Zone Editorial

"I am reminded of this every time I go through security at an airport. There are all manner of Transportation Security Agents with their hats and uniforms emblazoned with the TSA initials. They direct you to various lines and are always courteous. You place your carry-ons onto the conveyor along with your shoes, wallet, coins, pens, etc., then you go through a metal detector while they go through a different detector. Sometimes you also have to go through a device that puffs air at you from head to toe, I assume to discover hidden items of terror. I find the whole process dangerous.

Most of the agents themselves are probably decent people. They answered the ads for their positions after they were advertised extensively in the aftermath of 9/11. They don’t carry submachine guns and I haven’t seen any weapons, although, undoubtedly, some must carry them or they are in nearby availability. To paraphrase Lenin, when to comes time to destroy the last vestige of freedom for our citizens, there will be one there to do it.

Do these people represent evil at its subtlest, most widespread and therefore most banal? They are agents of an immoral, illegal and unconstitutional venture and they haven’t a clue, as opposed to the Gestapo and KGB, most of whom were aware of the crimes they were committing against humanity. At the same time, there can be no doubt that some among the TSA would not hesitate to shoot any resistor who tried to evade the security checks, even with no evil intent, but only to protest the dehumanizing cattle scene the security screening represents."

Ah, so true.

Up yours, Comrade Hawley!