TSA logic

Blueskies wrote:

Is the airline now responsible for replacing the bag and contents?

I hope the victim sues the TSA and gets huge amounts of publicity.

Or perhaps the people on the flight with the bag that the TSA obviously
believed unsafe enough to destroy should be taking the TSA losers to
court...or at least the court of public opinion.

- Andrew

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Blueskies wrote:

Is the airline now responsible for replacing the bag and contents?

I hope the victim sues the TSA and gets huge amounts of publicity.

Probably won't get very far, since she's the one who mentioned "bomb" to
security people. Even though the TSA actions were clearly vindictive,
rather than addressing any real security risk.

Or perhaps the people on the flight with the bag that the TSA obviously
believed unsafe enough to destroy should be taking the TSA losers to
court...or at least the court of public opinion.

Now *that* seems like a good tack. It's absurd that the TSA rules were not
followed closely enough to avoid "endangering" the flight in the first
place. How blowing the bag up after the fact addresses the TSA's own
failure is beyond me.

The whole thing is stupid, but I would be surprised if there are any
repurcussions to the TSA. They have a blank check to screw whomever they
want. Welcome to the post-9/11 "Land of the Used to be Free".

Pete

Recently, Peter Duniho posted:

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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Blueskies wrote:

Is the airline now responsible for replacing the bag and contents?

I hope the victim sues the TSA and gets huge amounts of publicity.

Probably won't get very far, since she's the one who mentioned "bomb"
to security people. Even though the TSA actions were clearly
vindictive, rather than addressing any real security risk.

If they had retained her *and* her bag, then blown up the bag at their
site, that would be one thing. Their decision to ship the bag could be
seen as an admission on their part that they *knew* the bag was harmless.
So, why wouldn't something so obvious to us be able to be successfully
pursued by a lawyer?

Or perhaps the people on the flight with the bag that the TSA
obviously believed unsafe enough to destroy should be taking the TSA
losers to court...or at least the court of public opinion.

Now *that* seems like a good tack. It's absurd that the TSA rules
were not followed closely enough to avoid "endangering" the flight in
the first place. How blowing the bag up after the fact addresses the
TSA's own failure is beyond me.

I'd think that comprehending how this helped is beyond any rational
person. So, perhaps both the individual who lost her bag *and* the
passengers on the plane have a grievance that could, at the very least,
get some heads to roll.

The whole thing is stupid, but I would be surprised if there are any
repurcussions to the TSA. They have a blank check to screw whomever
they want. Welcome to the post-9/11 "Land of the Used to be Free".

The TSA may not suffer any consequences, but TSA employees might.
Unfortunately, given the way media works, we're not likely to find out one
way or the other.

Regards,

Neil

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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So, why wouldn't something so obvious to us be able to be successfully
pursued by a lawyer?

Because that's the world we live in these days. You can thank all the
clueless Americans who willingly stood by while the government took away
their rights, in the name of "security".

Pete

"Peter Duniho wrote

You can thank all the
clueless Americans who willingly stood by while the government took away
their rights, in the name of "security".

Pete


So Pete, exactly what did *you * do, to try and prevent the guberment from
taking away your, or our rights? List them all, please.
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"Peter Duniho wrote

You can thank all the
clueless Americans who willingly stood by while the government took away
their rights, in the name of "security".

Pete


So Pete, exactly what did *you * do, to try and prevent the guberment from
taking away your, or our rights? List them all, please.
--
Jim in NC

He attended a Ward Churchill talk.

Pete, we're still waiting. Tell us all what you did to help prevent the
government from taking away your rights. You have had time to reply, by
now, surely. A list will be fine.

Shoot, just name one thing you did, so we can all help prevent our rights
from being taken away.
--
Jim in NC
"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"Peter Duniho wrote

You can thank all the
clueless Americans who willingly stood by while the government took away
their rights, in the name of "security".

Pete


So Pete, exactly what did *you * do, to try and prevent the guberment from
taking away your, or our rights? List them all, please.
--
Jim in NC

Don't know about Pete, but I have written congressmen, etc., taken part in
demonstrations in our local town talked to people about the situation, and
definitely didn't vote for Bush!

Just my 2 cents. I shall sit down now...

Back to aviation.

Harvey

"Morgans" wrote in message
...
Pete, we're still waiting. Tell us all what you did to help prevent the
government from taking away your rights. You have had time to reply, by
now, surely. A list will be fine.

Shoot, just name one thing you did, so we can all help prevent our rights
from being taken away.
--
Jim in NC
"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"Peter Duniho wrote

You can thank all the
clueless Americans who willingly stood by while the government took
away
their rights, in the name of "security".

Pete


So Pete, exactly what did *you * do, to try and prevent the guberment
from
taking away your, or our rights? List them all, please.
--
Jim in NC