TSA = Terrorizing Sensible Americans
The first of over 3,200 comments — in just two days — on this blog post about a principled refusal to submit to government porno pics or genital groping to board an airplane says, “Rosa Parks would be proud.” I can only add, “Amen!”
I repeated that I felt what they were doing was a sexual assault, and that if they were anyone but the government, the act would be illegal. I believe that I was then informed that if I did not submit to the inspection, I would not be getting on my flight. I again stated that I thought the search was illegal. I told her that I would be willing to submit to a walk through the metal detector as over 80% of the rest of the people were doing, but I would not be groped.
Since 9/11, the American people have been subjected to many terrible government violations of our Constitutionally guaranteed liberties in the name of national security. (Of course, our suffering pales beside that of the hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions, in Iraq and Afghanistan who have been killed and the millions who have lost loved ones.) I’m very hopeful the American people won’t tolerate this latest unconstitutional violation. And I thank those, like this blogger, who sacrifice their travel and withstand government threats to refuse to comply with this illegal choice between a virtual strip search and genital groping.
Posted by James on Monday, November 15, 2010