TSA and Sippy Cups

[Lone_Gunman]

When are people going to wake up and realize that all Bush and government are trying to do is protect us from terrorists? If a few rights get compromised, whats the big deal as long as we are safe? I could not sleep at night, if I didnt know the TSA was protecting me like this.

 

[AirForceShooter]

And the flip side is a Border Agent seeing a computer screen saying" don't let him in, he's suck. detain and hold".
He didn't look sick so he was just allowed in.

Amazing

AFS

 

[whited]

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A problem is that a lot of people think "disrespecting the king's men" is an arrestable offense.

Indeed. Very well said. I will add that holding a less-than-positive view
of LEO will earn you some strange looks from your peers, too.

 

[ebd10]

She's lucky that they didn't Taser her and beat the kid with a club!

 

[Deanimator]

I will add that holding a less-than-positive view
of LEO will earn you some strange looks from your peers, too.

Maybe you should find better peers.

Most of my friends have a healthy mistrust of the police, acquired through being defense attorneys, working in the security industry, or by simple observation of police in action.

 

[shooter503]

Who knows what the next shot will be that is heard around the World.

 

[roo_ster]

I've wondered that myself, but the situation is set up so that the only alternative is either to never fly or to go in guns blazing and start killing TSA agents. There is no middle ground, because the courts have flat-out held that you waive virtually all rights when you buy the ticket and enter the airport.

That is the truth. Give any of the gooberment's agents any lip about poor treatment and get beaten to a pulp.

 

[JohnBT]

She must be the only person in the country who doesn't know the rules for flying.

Boo hoo.

Okay, on the next whiner story. There's no shortage of them.

John

 

[kingpin008]

Welcome to America, please present your papers.

 

[pax]

JohnBT ~

It's perfectly legal to bring less than 4 ounces of liquid aboard a plane. Regulations say so.

Never saw a sippy cup capable of holding more than 4 ounces.

pax

 

[Thin Black Line]

It's perfectly legal to bring less than 4 ounces of liquid aboard a plane. Regulations say so.

Pax, you're right, but people have to be smarter than the piece of paper that
the regulations are printed on. Case in point: my wife has some little tube
of hand lotion that said something like 2 ounces on it in her purse. The TSA
person screened it, pulled it out, said she needed to put it in a see-through
plastic bag. My wife said she didn't have one. TSA says then it has to be
thrown out. "But, you just inspected it and the size is ok." Sorry, still has to
be in a clear plastic bag if you're going to leave the checkpoint with it. My
wife throws it away.

As we're walking away she notes that the see-through plastic bag must confer
some sort of extra safety qualities on everything it touches.

 

[TallPine]

the only alternative is either to never fly or to go in guns blazing and start killing TSA agents

Which is why I won't fly, since I am not quite ready to do the latter

I was asked about traveling for work yesterday, I said "well, I will just buy a more economical car and drive there."

I just have too short a fuse to risk having anything to do with TSA

 

[Sindawe]

I just have too short a fuse to risk having anything to do with TSA.

Same here. I've had to work VERY hard to bite my tongue on the two occasions I've flown since 9/11. I've little tolerance for petty tyrants, 'specially those who are civil servants. Better to avoid them all together and save myself the stress.

 

[Cosmoline]

It's perfectly legal to bring less than 4 ounces of liquid aboard a plane. Regulations say so

I'm sure that's true, but it also doesn't matter at all. Because you have virtually no rights in the airport, the regs are whatever they say they are, and any argument will be deemed aggressive behavior and treated accordingly. This is what happens when you decide an area is outside the rule of law.

 

[xd9fan]

We get what we are willing to tolerate, whether it be criminals, or the state acting in a criminal fashion. I refuse to fly, and if I can't get there in my car or truck, I really don't need to go.

so much for freedom

america just has not hit the low point yet...then again

 

[Art Eatman]

Good APS material, but off topic for THR. And, we've already agreed that TSA is staffed by non-think rules-lovers, with rules promulgated by idiots.

Art