<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/us/politics/24bai.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>Whether it is "rightly revolting" is a matter of personal opinion. I find it revoltingly idiotic, but then I fly quite a bit and I am quite used to dealing with security personnel. They may be many things, but being "jackbooted government thugs" of the sick American imagination is not what normally comes to mind.
Wojtek
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Chuck Munson <chuck0munson at gmail.com>wrote:
> Juan Cole = Fail.
>
> OK, so the essay was kind of informative about plastic explosives, but
> the rest of it reeks of justifying the ridiculous increase in airport
> security that people are rightly revolting against.
>
> In terms of analysis, the libertarians are doing a bang up job of
> fanning the flames of revolt against the retarded TSA. On the other
> hand, we get the increasingly irrelevant Nation magazine arguing that
> the anti-TSA revolt is the result of right wing astroturfing. Awesome
> fucking job, Nation, for siding against a legitimate grassroots effort
> against the all pervasive national hysteria state.
>
> In any case, frisking, scanning and taking the shoes off of every
> goddamn air traveler is just ridiculous, when better procedures are
> available.
>
> Somebody here complained about how people are making a fuss out of
> this problem when there are bigger issues. Look, you take the
> opportunities when they land in your lap. This is an opportune time to
> organize a grassroots revolt against the post-9/11 national hysteria
> state. Why can't we organize around the economy and civil liberties?
>
> Chuck0
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