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+1 I see plenty of blame to go around here, actually. The TSA shouldn't have required a pat-down, IMO. But we don't know exactly how this happened, and how sho
by jsight 15y ago
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I see plenty of blame to go around here, actually. The TSA shouldn't have required a pat-down, IMO. But we don't know exactly how this happened, and how should the TSA have known that the child would go into hysterics over this? Once the screaming starts, a lot of behaviors can change in pretty irrational ways due to the increased tension of the situation. The fact that the parents involved lost control of the situation with the child running away did not make things any easier.
I'm not saying the agents should have handled it this way (I personally think they should not have), just that it seems like a series of unfortunate breakdowns on the part of several people. There are far bigger problems with the TSA than this, IMO.
- rhizome 15y agoThe TSA is a big market-research project. The point is to start with everybody and winnow back TSA behavior based on outrage until they reach the line where nobody cares enough anymore. Everybody outside of that line will be subject to abduction and torture by the US and its allies. The important part is that the TSA gets to find out who nobody cares about, because everybody is going to be forced to endure their intrusions (even for those who ride the bus or train, they'll find a way to touch you) until we tell them who we'd rather they hassle, by way of demanding freedom from their intrusions not upon principle, but upon "because not me." You'll notice that people who can/want to pay $100 for a little freedom from Bush & Obama's TSA have a way to do that even before 95 year old veterans and 4 year old children. That right there is a plain, stick-figure simple illustration of Bush and Obama's priorities with the TSA.