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*Slightly non work-safe image at the top of the linked page (full body scans of men and women). Also, one category of TSA agents not mentioned in this piece: T

*Slightly non work-safe image at the top of the linked page (full body scans of men and women). Also, one category of TSA agents not mentioned in this piece: Those who seem to revel in the public's disdain because they can easily make a traveler's life hell if the mood strikes them. For example, the agents in this breast milk incident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XhnZlmLGK8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XhnZlmLGK8 Any job that grants authority over other people probably attracts this type of employee.

ImprovedSilence 14y ago
>>"Any job that grants authority over other people probably attracts this type of employee" Ah, but is it the employee seeks out this position because they are predisposed to exert control over others, or do they exert control because of the position they are put in, ala the stanford prison experiment[1] (situational attribution v. dispositional attribution) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
- Kliment 14y ago
  Does it really make a difference? The two are indistinguishable from the POV of the victim.
nthj 14y ago
What kind of country do we live in where a link to images that are taken by the government of its own citizens have to be labeled "NSFW?" It's surreal.
- dllthomas 14y ago
  Well, anywhere with a nationalized pornography network would qualify, though that might well be nowhere. Some places with a nationalized health service could qualify...
  - lostlogin 14y ago
    Although patients generally have the choice of treatment and can usually opt out of parts of their care if they want - travelers have to be screened if they want travel.
    - dllthomas 14y ago
      I wasn't at all saying "nationalized health care is precisely as bad as invasive TSA screening." I was solely playing with how the parent comment was worded.
- jff 14y ago
  Although the police may take photographs of murder victims, it is generally not appropriate to view mutilated bodies while at work (unless you're a cop, etc). I do think it is a bit silly to want to call the pictures from the scanner NSFW, because they're clearly in the context of speaking about the TSA rather than for any prurient reasons. If I wanted to see fuzzy outlines of genitals, I'd grab a pencil and sketch them myself.

ImprovedSilence 14y ago

>>"Any job that grants authority over other people probably attracts this type of employee" Ah, but is it the employee seeks out this position because they are predisposed to exert control over others, or do they exert control because of the position they are put in, ala the stanford prison experiment[1] (situational attribution v. dispositional attribution) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

Kliment 14y ago
Does it really make a difference? The two are indistinguishable from the POV of the victim.

nthj 14y ago

What kind of country do we live in where a link to images that are taken by the government of its own citizens have to be labeled "NSFW?" It's surreal.

dllthomas 14y ago
Well, anywhere with a nationalized pornography network would qualify, though that might well be nowhere. Some places with a nationalized health service could qualify...
- lostlogin 14y ago
  Although patients generally have the choice of treatment and can usually opt out of parts of their care if they want - travelers have to be screened if they want travel.
  - dllthomas 14y ago
    I wasn't at all saying "nationalized health care is precisely as bad as invasive TSA screening." I was solely playing with how the parent comment was worded.
jff 14y ago
Although the police may take photographs of murder victims, it is generally not appropriate to view mutilated bodies while at work (unless you're a cop, etc). I do think it is a bit silly to want to call the pictures from the scanner NSFW, because they're clearly in the context of speaking about the TSA rather than for any prurient reasons. If I wanted to see fuzzy outlines of genitals, I'd grab a pencil and sketch them myself.