Originally Posted by
hiltonhead
So you really have no convincing counterpoint...just rehashing of your personal opinion. I never said I support the rules of the TSA, but what I do NOT support is the way some choose to use inflammatory words, even when proven inaccurate, to describe what the feel to be the truth. None of the policies of the TSA meet the definition of robbery, armed robbery, extortion, or any other ridiculous charge previously presented here.
They are taking items belonging to passengers without freely-granted consent. If the passenger refuses, governmental force is applied to separate said item(s) from them (and to place the person in "custody"). Answers.com provides definitions of the term "robbery" from a number of sources. Of particular applicability, IMO, is the one from the "Law Encyclopedia" listing:
"
Robbery
The taking of money or goods in the possession of another, from his or her person or immediate presence, by force or intimidation."
It goes on to provide quite a bit of amplifying information, but the very first line sums things up quite handily. I saw nothing to indicate this would not apply simply because the actor in question was a government agent.
Originally Posted by
hiltonhead
The courts have decided in their favor every time.
BIG surprise...
Originally Posted by
hiltonhead
I know..I know..if the courts decide in a way you don't agree with...then they too are corrupt or ignorant. Sometimes when a sheep walks separately from the herd, it is not necessarily more intelligent or enlightened...sometimes it is just suffering from hoof and mouth disease.
And sometimes it's not. Be a sheep if you want.
Don't presume to demand that those who disagree with you must be, as well.