As noted before, there is nothing one can write that will serve to make people understand a point as well as their experiencing it themselves. No matter how flowery or emotive, whether it uses wonderful or trite analogies, it doesn’t matter. It’s never quite real until it’s their real. Thanks, Transportation Safety Administration, for making it real.
At mommy blog Our Little Chatterboxes, Author Erin writes about it.
She felt along my waistline, moved behind me, then proceeded to feel both of my buttocks. She reached from behind in the middle of my buttocks towards my vagina area.
She did not tell me that she was going to touch my buttocks, or reach forward to my vagina area.
She then moved in front of my and touched the top and underneath portions of both of my breasts.
She did not tell me that she was going to touch my breasts.
And it goes on. Erin describes it as a sexual assault, a crime, and she will not be a “silent victim.” As of this writing, Erin has 100 comments, almost all of which express outrage at the abuse she suffered. What’s amazing is that the “sexual assault” of which Erin writes, perhaps a bit hyperbolically, went on person after person, day after day, airport after airport, but meant absolutely nothing to her until she was the person touched. It was in all the papers. It was on television. But it wasn’t real until it happened to Erin. Now she’s been traumatized. Now it’s too real. The TSA touched her.
There there is this video, posted at WindyPundit, of a three year old girl. What makes this video particularly interesting is that the little girl is the daughter of a TV reporter.
There are quite a few videos on Youtube, and new reports almost daily. People who don’t fly much comment that they would never consent or acquiesce to this “tyranny,” as if no one ever thought about refusing before. This fellow was turned away and threatened with a $10,000 fine. Want to fly? Have somewhere to go? Then your choice is ogle or grope if you are one of the chosen ones.
Thanksgiving is coming. Millions of Americans will be flying home to celebrate the holiday with their families. For some of these millions of Americans, this will all become suddenly real, just as it did for Erin. For others, they will feel Erin’s pain. For still others, there is popular culture.
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I will be able to give you the TSA blind person experience tomorrow.
That should be interesting. They aren’t kind at all to people with prostheses or joint replacements. I wonder if they’ll demand that you “see.”
What percentage of government unionized employees are not overpaid garbage? I say 10 percent at most (public defenders excluded).
I had the misfortune of flying the day after the water ban went into effect. I misunderstood the TSA gangsta and thought I could finish off my water at the side of the line. Instead of going to the onerous trouble of repeating or clarifying his instruction to me, he grabbed my hand very strongly and took the bottle of Evian from same. I’d been through an assault less than two years before and actually got some PTSD effect from this that lasted for quite a while.
These government scum have absolutely no accountability. They should have shown that scumbag woman’s face. That would provide some accountability.
If we weighed physical safety this disproportionately out of balance in driving, we’d wind up having a TSA screener check every car and passenger at every freeway onramp and offramp. It is insane.
So I see the MSM government protectors who hid the face of this bitch has now blocked the video too. Anything to make sure those crime beat stories keep flowing. Seeing that crap in action in a small ski town is what got me started blogging.
I mean seriously, since when do local news channels block videos that garner them free PR? I’ll see if they have a link on their own site.
Seriously. that sucks. If anybody knows of another source for the video, please let me know. In the meantime, here’s alternate link.
So far, can’t find the video at all. I would think the news station would assert the copyright to direct traffic to its own site, right? I could live with that. But obviously the guy got government pressure and covered the face of the government criminal, and now pulled the video from all. This might become its own story.
I looked continualy since my last post. I cannot find a post for it at the local station. I did find this link, where I think someone wisely downloaded the original video so is not dependent on YouTube or the station:
http://www.myvidster.com/video/600891/Video_of_TSA_Screener_Accosting_3_Year_Old_Child_at_Security_Checkpoint
Hey, don’t mock my California-speak, seriously, ok? I swear I’m neither a teacup or a slackwazee.
I already provided that link above. Come on, Laura. Keep up with me. (and use the reply to instead of starting a new threat with each comment!)
Yeah, that’s what they all say. Seriously.
Isn’t it interesting that the station decided to conceal the mallcop’s identity, but not the three-year-old child’s?
Must be like ships passing in the night. But seriously, Scott, if I could keep up with you, I’d have an apartment in Manhattan. At least I admit that I can’t, something a teacup would never do.
[PS – this should come through as a reply; if it didn’t it’s not my fault (sound of fine China shattering in the background)]
I had the same reaction. As soon as I saw the fragmented deal, I thought, oh not again, the covering up of any kid on tv (which I find teacupish). But then when I saw it was the government garbage covered and not the kid. And then, the video is gone and not so the station can get all the hits.
Seems Janet N. is about as tone deaf a politician as I’ve ever seen since… I dunna know. Maybe since Janet Reno.
The station got the dad’s permission evidently. Their employee. His kid. (Not what I would do if it were my kid.)
Do you think they needed the mallcop’s?
I don’t.
For a network broadcast they either need the mallcop’s permission or if not they used caution.
Of course they don’t. If I rob a bank (or assault a child) in public, and someone catches it on video, they don’t need my permission to broadcast it.
Caution? Sure they used caution. They were careful to protect the thug mallcop’s reputation.
70’s music has the heart and soul necessary to more aptly describe the emotions involved in today’s TSA happenings. Rap is just too street.