- Top Features:
- War Room
- Glenn Greenwald
- Broadsheet
- Joan Walsh
- Camille Paglia
- Since You Asked
- Follow Salon:
Read other letters about this article
As someone who hasn't flown since before 9/11, I'm finding the experiences of the posters here to be alternately amusing and frightening. While a small degree of security makes sense, most of what, apparently, passes for "security" makes NO sense whatsoever.
However, it (rude TSA personnel) does dovetail with what I have found personally with "law enforcement" in general lately: a move to the extreme right, with SWAT-style black uniforms, overall rudeness and a sense of a "they're-all-perps" mentality. I'd have more respect for cops in general if they'd have any respect for us.
After reading the horror stories here and other places, I've just re-booked my flight to Europe in Augusr through Canada, by the way. Hopefully, that more-enlightened country still treats its citizens and visitors with a modicum of respect.
