RT @jstrevino: “This is not considered a sexual assault.” “It would be if you were not the government.” http://bit.ly/burwgG
RT @jstrevino: “This is not considered a sexual assault.” “It would be if you were not the government.” http://bit.ly/burwgG
A-effing-men!
Seriously, I never anticipated that Americans would put up with the onerous and preposterous security measures that have been implemented since 9/11 for as long as they have. We debated sunsetting the Patriot Act, but there was never a peep about sunsetting TSA security measures such as making you take your shoes off and submitting to pat-downs. How is it that people scream bloody murder about the government auditing public library web searches, but there is nary a peep about forcing millions of people every day to undergo far worse inconveniences and violations of privacy? Back when this all started, the argument seemed to be one of expediency — we didn’t have time to debate and implement a well-thought-out airport security policy, we just needed something in place right now. At some point, that stops being a sufficient excuse for the insanity that we all endure at airports these days.