Re: Are Air Travelers Criminal Suspects?
"Peter T. Chattaway" <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]>
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, [email protected] wrote: >> Doesn't matter whether the majority enjoy doing it or not. They still >> do it; and as time goes by >and the conscience-stricken agents quit >> their jobs and are replaced by people who are too callous >or desperate >> to care about the social and ethical implications of what they are >> doing, it will be >increasingly fair to say that the TSA agents have >> *chosen* to do it. >> >> And for that, they must be treated accordingly. > > So, you feel soldiers *should* go on trial for murder? No, I believe soldiers should be shot and killed on the battlefield. Big big difference. To quote what I wrote at A&F last night: I can appreciate that many of these TSA agents dislike the new requirements of their job, and that our ire should arguably be directed at their bosses and not at the TSA agents themselves. The agents are just following orders, and all that. (Hmmm.) But you know what? When you're on a battlefield, you don't hold your fire because, well, you want to be fair and the real problem is not the enemy soldier over there but the general further behind the lines, etc., etc. No, you shoot the enemy soldier, you kill the enemy soldier, you hurt the enemy soldier. If these agents really think their job is so distasteful, they can always quit. And yeah, sure, easier said than done, I know, especially in THIS economy. Desertion always brings its penalties. But if you really believe the war you are fighting is unjust... Well, let's just say any TSA agent who still has this job has made their choice. Also: Me, I am greatly encouraged by reports that one TSA agent in Florida was arrested for punching out another TSA agent who mocked the size of the first TSA agent's penis when it showed up on the scanner. We need chaos to descend upon the TSA like it did on the Tower of Babel. -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot