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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 9:11 am
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Originally Posted by EngIceDave
I have wondered the same thing and I think once I was stopped for secondary screening because of some electronics in my bag looking like a mess on the Xray, but it was done and over with quickly.
I smiled, thanked them and moved on
I do not let TSA ruin my day.
A minor inconvenience
You know, you're pretty convincing sometimes.

Then I think back to history.

People didn't speak up when the Germans rounded up the Jews, gave them special tags to wear. Just a minor inconvenience, a tag is, really, right?

Then the Germans rounded up the Jews and sent them to special labor camps (or so the population thought). Hey, this was during a time of war (WWII), so surely it can't be too bad, right? The US also rounded up Japanese Americans and sent them to concentration camps as well, so surely it can't be wrong, can it?

Little bits "hey it's a little inconvenience, it's no big deal" over time adds up to a whole lot of inconvenience, by which time it's too late to recognize that it's a big deal.

When good men do nothing, evil prevails.

You're one of those people who either work for the TSA, or don't care enough about fair treatment of innocent travelers, and now are a TSA shill, fighting against the majority of people who see that the TSA is abusive and lacks accountability.

Hey, it's just a minor inconvenience, so we should just shut up right?
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