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Originally Posted by thegreathabibi (Post 16081039)

I just clearly said that military and police respect sick and elderly in israel unlike the security officials in american airports. I havent witnessed the abuse first hand but from what i have heard.

I cannot cite the laws as i am not a lawyer, but it will probably be the same charge as spiting or urinating on someone. Again i am not saying for a fact they would charge someone or even arrest them, in my opinion its more then likely but it depends on exactly what transpires and how the security takes the whole situation. Getting vomited on usually wouldnt sit well with someone, i mean really? think about it for a minute

We have an expression in Texas (I think other states have adopted it, too): "$#!t Happens!" :D

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Originally Posted by thegreathabibi (Post 16081039)

Getting vomited on usually wouldnt sit well with someone, i mean really? think about it for a minute

Getting molested/groped/hurt/humiliated/violated etc doesn't usually sit well with a person either...

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Originally Posted by thegreathabibi (Post 16081039)

From how I interpret your posts, you seem to fail to understand that for some people, vomiting is uncontrollable, as it appears to be for the OP. Many medical conditions may result in vomiting.

I am generally a very calm, even placid traveller, but over the past year or so my own many personal experiences at US checkpoints has led me to feel nervous on the days I travel to/from/through the US. You admit that you have not experienced the US checkpoints first hand, just as many others come here and ask 'what is the problem?'. One can have 20 unremarkable TSA encounters and then have that one encounter which is truly remarkable.

There are thousands of people travelling every day who may not be able to control their bodily functions. Some of them are permanently incontinent, others may lose control temporarily. Some react to stress by vomiting. To suggest that they will be subject to arrest simply because they were unable to control a physical response is I suspect not a realistic portrayal of US law.

Again, I will await one of the US lawyers to voice their opinion as to whether having an uncontrolled physical response such as defecating, urinating, or vomiting is cause for arrest. When LeeAnne's elderly, ill mother urinated, she was humiliated by the TSO, but she was not arrested.