Puhleaze.

Folks,

Every reply has missed the point here. :D

What is really outrageous is why a mother and two teenagers, who obviosuly didn't travel frequently, were in the 'sepcial security line' in the first place. I'm assuming they had the dreaded SSSS on their boarding passes. Was that because they were on one-way tickets? Or perhaps bought tickets at the last minute (maybe a funeral to go to?)?

A brother hitting his sister or vice versa is normal behavior. Weren't any of you kids once? :cool:

Don't know if I'd call it abusing power, but you do make your point. I, too, have been pointed at whenever a mother is trying to get her misbehaving child under controlled with her saying, "if you don't behave, that man is going to take you away." Then the mother wonders why, on some future trip and her child happens to undergo secondary screening, the child is scared of screeners and traumatized by the screening experience. Uniformed policemen, security guards and others are also targets of the same lazy parenting technique.

Go figure.

Pardon my French, but: touche'

Sure, the teenagers should have been better behaved, but honestly, is it any of the TSA's business? The mother needs to do that all by herself.

My kids always behave themselves and have no metal in their pockets when going through the security checkpoint. Just before we get to the airport, I remind them, "Be sure to empty your pockets and be quiet, or the security pigs will get mad at you." It really works, plus it instills hatred, rather than fear, of this disgrace of a USA government agency.

And a fine example you are for your children. :rolleyes:

As opposed to, "The government is here to help, just do whatever they say"?

Yes, it was a lie.

Agreed, the screener had no such authority.

If I had been the parent, I would have thanked the screener.

Agreed. ^

I think some people are complaining about the TSA just for the fun of it.

This is no different from the cop that warns a kid to behave or he'll go to jail.

Children listen to authority figures.

That's just sad.

geez. :( Just plain sad. I only hope that it's just TSA that you teach your kids to hate.

Yep, just the TSA. How else are we ever going to eject this travesty if we all "sit back and enjoy it"?

The travesty is the damage that is probably being done to these children by showing such hatred towards a group. I hope there isn't such hatred towards an ethnic group next. The amount of therapy these children will face in the years to come. It is sad :(

sort of reminds me about that comment on "first class flyers and flyers in first class".