Do you ever try to PSYOP TSA?
Feb 23, 2008 | 8:55 pm
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That comment really bothers me. It kind of has that thinly-veiled-threat feel to it. Some people can't help not being able to speak - will they be penalized for this?
Was this Deaf person being spotted, or was there a problem with his/her ID?
That comment really bothers me. It kind of has that thinly-veiled-threat feel to it. Some people can't help not being able to speak - will they be penalized for this?
Feb 24, 2008 | 2:48 am
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No one would be penalized for not being able to speak. As I stated earlier, I would exhaust all resources available to me to effectively communicate with someone.
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Feb 24, 2008 | 7:44 am
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but therein lies a flaw in the system. If old grannies in wheelchairs, infants with formula and tiny shoes can be treated as potential terrorists, so should you. What's to say that you've not been setting these people with all your travel through the same station and one of these days you won't carry on something that will go "boom" during midflight?
Feb 24, 2008 | 10:21 am
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Not that I want to give anyone any ideas, but therein lies a flaw in the system. If old grannies in wheelchairs, infants with formula and tiny shoes can be treated as potential terrorists, so should you. What's to say that you've not been setting these people with all your travel through the same station and one of these days you won't carry on something that will go "boom" during midflight?
but therein lies a flaw in the system. If old grannies in wheelchairs, infants with formula and tiny shoes can be treated as potential terrorists, so should you. What's to say that you've not been setting these people with all your travel through the same station and one of these days you won't carry on something that will go "boom" during midflight?__________________________________________________ _________________________________
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Feb 24, 2008 | 10:49 am
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Feb 24, 2008 | 11:34 am
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This could explain the JFK employee who tried to order burgers in Spanish and kept on speaking Spanish even though the teenager behind the counter clearly didn't understand. It's funny that the DHS are so concerned about what I am up to and consider me a potential illegal immigrant but still illegal immigrants are employed in the sterile areas of major airports.
Yeah, I know airline employees are not DHS/TSA but anyway.
Feb 24, 2008 | 12:25 pm
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No English?
This could explain the JFK employee who tried to order burgers in Spanish and kept on speaking Spanish even though the teenager behind the counter clearly didn't understand. It's funny that the DHS are so concerned about what I am up to and consider me a potential illegal immigrant but still illegal immigrants are employed in the sterile areas of major airports.
Yeah, I know airline employees are not DHS/TSA but anyway.
This could explain the JFK employee who tried to order burgers in Spanish and kept on speaking Spanish even though the teenager behind the counter clearly didn't understand. It's funny that the DHS are so concerned about what I am up to and consider me a potential illegal immigrant but still illegal immigrants are employed in the sterile areas of major airports.
Yeah, I know airline employees are not DHS/TSA but anyway.
The only time I have a problem is when someone speaks idiot. I have yet to find an interpretor.
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Feb 24, 2008 | 12:41 pm
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I always think it's a problem the TSOs don't bother me more. I am waiting to pretend I don't speak English so I can claim I am being discriminated against. I will never cooperate by speaking my second language with a TSO. They will have to get an interpreter.
Also, it worries me enormously that you admit al-Qaida supporters are working for TSA. One particular nationality is so full of them I doubt even Afghanistan or Pakistan have had so many. Therefore it is unrealistic to believe that the one working for TSA is a good guy.
Feb 24, 2008 | 12:58 pm
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Also, it worries me enormously that you admit al-Qaida supporters are working for TSA. One particular nationality is so full of them I doubt even Afghanistan or Pakistan have had so many. Therefore it is unrealistic to believe that the one working for TSA is a good guy.
Just as English is your second language, others have English as a primary and have learned a second. Knowledge of a language isn't necessarily indication of any particular nationalilty.
Feb 24, 2008 | 1:13 pm
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One of the languages you mentioned. If any of your muslim colleagues have a beard or a hijab I don't trust them.
Well, it would be difficult for you if you ever met me. I wouldn't speak English at the checkpoint other than to point out that I don't understand what the TSO is saying. Something that is true for some sociolects.
Not understanding English is proof I have a different nationality than the TSO.
Not understanding English is proof I have a different nationality than the TSO.
Feb 24, 2008 | 1:18 pm
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this entire board is nuts. people complain about spot picking out people based on skin color and nationality, and this person decides to do the same thing. i had a muslim roommate, who out of laziness, occasionally grew a beard. i guess he's a terrorist.