A recent headline in my CNN news app read "Contempt for security a red flag for TSA". I looked at the title for a few moments before reading the article, wondering if perhaps it was supposed to be something more realistic, along the lines of "Contempt for violations of personal space makes TSA want to fondle uncomfortable passengers even more."
As I read the article, which mentioned footage of a TSA agent fondling a six-year-old child because her full-body screening didn't go of flawlessly, I kept thinking back to George Carlin's bit about airport security, about how "it's all there for one reason: to make white people feel safe." and it's absolutely true. Just like George pointed out, people continue sacrificing bits and pieces of their rights in exchange for more "protection", more "security" in their day-to-day activities and travel.
Looking at the continuously invasive TSA regime, two particular incidents stand out to me. First, this recent mentioning of the six-year-old getting fondled for the sake of security (the article even pointed out that up until the fondling of this little girl started, she was protesting "I don't wanna do this. I don't wanna do this.") and another from sometime near the end of las year when a gay man with genital piercings and issues with premature ejaculation had orgasmed during a fondling session for which TSA (or the idiot security fondler, I don't remember exactly which) were pressing assault (I believe) charges.
So good job, TSA. You win first place in child molestation, sexual harassment and unjust criminal charges. But you're making shallow, empty-headed travelers feel safer which makes it all ok. Right?
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