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Honestly I find the victim's quotes and attitudes toward this incident very disturbing. For example: > claiming TSA treated her daughter “no better than if she
by bo1024 15y ago
Honestly I find the victim's quotes and attitudes toward this incident very disturbing. For example:
> claiming TSA treated her daughter “no better than if she had been a terrorist.”
> “There was no common sense and there was no compassion,” Croft said. “That was our biggest fault with the whole thing — not that they are following security procedures, because I understand that they have to do that.”
So basically, it's fine to treat terrorists this way, just not me and my family, because we aren't terrorists (but that Muslim family over there might be). Similarly, I don't mind following security procedures, because those are all for the good, I just don't think they should apply to people like us.
How can they fail to see that this is how the system works? This is what it is designed to do. There was no mistake made here. This is what you voted for.
No. The problem is not in how we apply these invasive, wasteful, and humiliating security procedures. The security procedures are the problem. The problem is not in who in particular is labeled a suspected terrorist. It's how we treat people.
I think the company I keep makes me think that everyone must share my perspective that the TSA is a huge waste of money and time -- makes me forget that a lot of Americans actually believe these things are making them safer and working as intended, and that incidents like this are just small accidents when the security apparatus gets turned on the wrong people. It's a sobering realization.
- lurker14 15y agoOnly 535 Americans were invited to vote on the TSA.
- zacharycohn 15y agoNo one voted for the TSA. The American public had no input into the policies put into place. We can elect officials, but many of those officials were already in office when they chose to create the TSA.
- dromidas 15y agoThis is a situation that has many different points... A) Yes the grandmother's attitude was biased with those quotes and further highlights why America is in this situation in the first place. Americans and terrorists are both made up of people who believe stupid crap and treat others based on those beliefs. This is not a situation we can fix. B) Yes the TSA Agents actually acted like they should have. If I was trying to smuggle something in I would certainly have a kid along to go through security first and then trained such that were my smuggling attempt to fail to attempt some sort of backup plan by running up to me distressed to grab the item from me. So their reaction was entirely smart to re-screen her. This is also not a situation that could be fixed. C) This whole incident further proves that their process is just not going to work like they want it to. On paper its great, but in reality its just not going to fly. When their detection capabilities are reliant upon either shooting X rays or molestation you're going to end up pissing off enough people to get your company voted off the corporate island. This is a situation that we can fix, get rid of a lot of the security theatre and point B and C goes away.