And it's not just the Constitution, or her grief we should worry about.
I worry about my kids walking by and getting the message that her behavior is abnormal and worthy of being mocked. Or that they (or any of us) do not have an any sort of obligation to intervene.
A modern lesson in the bystander effect, opposite from the old lesson about the bystander effect.
jerry
at April 15, 2012 11:32 PM
But doesn't it make you feel safer to see something like this?
Does anyone who isn't connected with Fatherland security actually think this shit is working?
DrCos
at April 16, 2012 3:23 AM
I want to walk over to her and comfort her. I'd say I'd give her a hug, but she's had enough touchy-feely from strangers. Just look at how badly she's shaking, it breaks my heart. There is a special place in hell for those in the TSA responsible for this and others like her.
Kat
at April 16, 2012 4:11 PM
For all you regular readers of the Goddess' blog you can skip past this post. I'm going to post my regular rant about not needing the TSA. For all you new readers, please read it carefully and refute any statement or misstatement. ;-)
================================================= The TSA was not needed one hour and one minute after Tower II was hit!
The paradigm, the norm, the expected, what everyone was taught to do was to sit down, shut up and wait for the plane to land and the negotiations happen. That was the model from Entebbe onward.
The passengers on board did not really know what was about to happen on September 11, 2001 at 8:46:30 when Flight 11 struck Tower I.
Even the passengers on Flight 175 probably didn't realize what was about to happen when they struck Tower II at 9:03:02.
The Pentagon crash of Flight 77 at 9:37:46 may have been still a matter of ignorance.
At 10:03:11 on September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed after the brave souls counter-attacked and caused the hijackers to crash the plane.
The time difference is 60 minutes and 9 seconds from Tower II being struck to the crash of Flight 93. The shoe bomber and panty bomber were taken down by fellow passengers as well. Recently, JetBlue's Flight 191 pilot was taken down by the passengers once he was out of the cockpit. Additionally how many times have you heard of passengers' concerns and diverted flights?
The TSA is and has always been a joke, no make that a total stupidity, that has wasted our country's fortune going down a rabbit hole.
And it's not just the Constitution, or her grief we should worry about.
I worry about my kids walking by and getting the message that her behavior is abnormal and worthy of being mocked. Or that they (or any of us) do not have an any sort of obligation to intervene.
A modern lesson in the bystander effect, opposite from the old lesson about the bystander effect.
jerry at April 15, 2012 11:32 PM
But doesn't it make you feel safer to see something like this?
Does anyone who isn't connected with Fatherland security actually think this shit is working?
DrCos at April 16, 2012 3:23 AM
I want to walk over to her and comfort her. I'd say I'd give her a hug, but she's had enough touchy-feely from strangers. Just look at how badly she's shaking, it breaks my heart. There is a special place in hell for those in the TSA responsible for this and others like her.
Kat at April 16, 2012 4:11 PM
For all you regular readers of the Goddess' blog you can skip past this post. I'm going to post my regular rant about not needing the TSA. For all you new readers, please read it carefully and refute any statement or misstatement. ;-)
=================================================
The TSA was not needed one hour and one minute after Tower II was hit!
The paradigm, the norm, the expected, what everyone was taught to do was to sit down, shut up and wait for the plane to land and the negotiations happen. That was the model from Entebbe onward.
The passengers on board did not really know what was about to happen on September 11, 2001 at 8:46:30 when Flight 11 struck Tower I.
Even the passengers on Flight 175 probably didn't realize what was about to happen when they struck Tower II at 9:03:02.
The Pentagon crash of Flight 77 at 9:37:46 may have been still a matter of ignorance.
At 10:03:11 on September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed after the brave souls counter-attacked and caused the hijackers to crash the plane.
The time difference is 60 minutes and 9 seconds from Tower II being struck to the crash of Flight 93. The shoe bomber and panty bomber were taken down by fellow passengers as well. Recently, JetBlue's Flight 191 pilot was taken down by the passengers once he was out of the cockpit. Additionally how many times have you heard of passengers' concerns and diverted flights?
The TSA is and has always been a joke, no make that a total stupidity, that has wasted our country's fortune going down a rabbit hole.
If you don't believe me look at the 9/11 timeline.
There will never be another 9/11 style attack unless the attackers can arrange planes full of geriatrics, and even then it would be doubtful.
Jim P. at April 16, 2012 8:16 PM
It makes me think we need to put that whipping post back in the town square
Firehand at April 17, 2012 7:59 PM
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