With little fanfare, the TSA has expanded to sporting events, music festivals, rodeos, weighstations

[MADem]

82. Paranoid, much? My point was entirely clear. Stop reading meanings that are not there.

What I said is what I said. Click the link, read the article. It talks about how children are indoctrinated to be bombers, and they are easily molded to do as they are told and obey parents or other authorities. That's why children get searched--that was the post I was responding to, replete with photos.

I also pointed out that we do not "profile" people. I didn't endorse profiling, I simply stated a fact. Other countries DO profile, and they do it con brio. I'll bet some kids get searched more as a consequence, and other kids don't get searched at all.

If you aren't an adult, as I assume everyone participating here is, then bow out of the conversation.

Your last paragraph is quite rich.
Side with those of us fighting for our freedoms and liberties and not those like Gen Clapper and Gen Alexander that want us to live in an authoritarian state. You have to choose.


Let me paraphrase what you basically said:

"You're either with us or agin' us."

That sounds familiar to me--I didn't like it back then, either.

I think this issue--the utility of the TSA not just in specific circumstances, but as a whole-- deserves a complete and open review, robust discussion, recommendations to improve the program or, alternatively, find other methodologies to make travel safer-- not declarations of fealty to a ginned up "cause" based on the fact that you don't like this guy or that one.

That said, my comments were about TSA searching little kids, and they WERE quite straightforward.

Have a good one....