Originally Posted by copwriter

Pulling off some spectacular incident at the Statue of Liberty would get your average Jihadi an extra dozen or so virgins in Paradise, I expect. It doesn't surprise me that the security is much tighter there. Security is seldom convenient, but that day it was even more inconvenient for all of the people standing in line behind you. Had I been one of them, I would have suggested that you swim back to the mainland.

As thegingerman mentioned, I think you taught your son a memorable lesson: if you don't want to follow the rules, don't. I spent a number of years dealing with people that ran their lives that way. We called them "criminals," "defendants," "arrestees," or "inmates" (there were also some more colorful terms), depending on their progression in the system. I sincerely hope your son doesn't turn out that way, but if he does, remember where he might have learned the behavior.