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"Grope" is a loaded word, but it's not necessarily sexual in connotation. More, modern usage seems to have drifted toward a more broad, general invasion of priv
by troutwine 15y ago
"Grope" is a loaded word, but it's not necessarily sexual in connotation. More, modern usage seems to have drifted toward a more broad, general invasion of private space of which the TSA pat-down certainly consists. That "grope" has shifted and is so often associated with the TSA would suggest to me that there exists a sub-critical mass of people dissatisfied with the State Security apparatus in place, deeply so.
- jamesaguilar 15y agoI hear it used this way in the rarified world of tech journalism and internet message boards far more often than traditional journalism or real life. I think for most people the TSA is a mere annoyance. The ever-increasing droves of people flying would tend to support that point of view. At any rate, Google still feels this verb has a sexual connotation (http://www.google.com/search?q=grope http://www.google.com/search?q=grope), so I'm sticking to my guns on that one. The title is meant to inspire outrage by using a loaded term rather than the appropriate one. This "news story" is actually a propaganda piece and isn't helping in having a rational discussion on the topic.
- alanthonyc 15y ago"The ever-increasing droves of people flying..." Got any data to substantiate this?
- jamesaguilar 15y agoThis from a quick Google Search: http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=8358 http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId.... If you need more, you'll have to find it yourself.