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Ask the pilot

Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Thursday, July 10, 2008 08:38 PM

    "Well, or do you taze the entire plane because one idiot decides to question authority"

    Of course! Don't you remember elementary school?

    "Well, you're all just going to sit here until the person responsible admits to putting the tack on my chair."

    and

    "SOME people couldn't play with these toys without shoving, so now NO ONE gets to play with them. I hope you're happy , because you're ruined it for everyone."

    —area woman Read area woman's other letters

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