Originally Posted by
Bart
A million years ago, when I was in the military, if I had a problem with the way soldiers were performing certain tasks (and they weren't in my chain of command and/or were following specific instructions I couldn't change with an on-the-spot correction), then I went to the senior officer/NCO and/or up the chain of command to the commanding officer to express my concerns. I never took it out on the troops; I never criticized the troops for following orders.
Ultimately, however, people need to be responsible for the fact that they chose the job. There are jobs out there that are less morally questionable than that of the TSA Screener. Telemarketer, for instance.
And your comment about spitting into the wind is part of the problem. If you really want change, then you have to get Congress involved. Congress is the one who created it. The adult thing to do is to work hard at changing the system as opposed to wearing t-shirts with silly slogans and hoping that someone else might do something.
It's just raising awareness, plain and simple. There's nothing more American than grassroots action to raise awareness of issues. I'm sure you can find historical antecedents for just about anything people care about that ultimately leads to legislative action. Welcome to America.
