Comments on: TSA Employee Does Not Buy Me A Drink

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:41:51 +0000

Feet? Really? Ariel, you devil, you!

By: Ariel Dovas

Ariel Dovas — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:21:16 +0000

I think that’s the issue right there, Crank. We don’t know how slippery the slope is and how far down it goes, so we always have to be able to look for a foothold.

Pushing the metaphor too far?

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:13:19 +0000

Or we could raise a stink and get the TSA to back off, as they have already done on other issues. It’s worth a thought, since the next level on the slippery slope is probably random body cavity searches.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:09:44 +0000

I have no doubt that he is an attorney, I just think that it is pretty clear, based on his multiple attempts to declare “Mission Accomplished” and retreat to “I’m a lawyer and you’re not!” or “Every lawyer who disagrees with me is incompetent!” whenever he is is bested, that he is not a very GOOD lawyer.

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:07:14 +0000

Can I get in on this fight? I’d rather be a misanthropic douchebag than a pompous blowhard douchebag any day of the week. You know what, Mr. Vegetable? I think bodah really IS an attorney of some sort!

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:04:47 +0000

Heh. How’s that separate reality thing workin’ out for you there?

By: FunTimes

FunTimes — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:33:50 +0000

Pick your god damn battles!

Have a number of liberties been raped and pillaged since 9/11? Absolutely. Do I believe that the Patriot Act and the domestic spying on American citizens (among a thousand other horrible actions done in the same of national security) has done unmeasurable damage on Americana society? yes.

But what you are crying about, yes literally crying at your computer while typing your response, is having to walk through a god damn x-ray machine at the airport! WTF?!? Asking people to get patted down before boarding a plan is so far from the level of “attach on our liberties” you are projecting it’s laughable.

I applaud your passion, but I think it’s just misdirected. And again, if you don’t like it don’t fly. end of story

By: bodah

bodah — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:20:34 +0000

the debate was over with my post last night. your status as a misanthropic douche bag, however, rages on.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:04:41 +0000

Ahh, name-calling. Always the best way to succeed in debate.

By: bodah

bodah — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:59:34 +0000

a quick google search of your handle “Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable” leads to the definitive conclusion that you are a disagreeable douche bag (who also thinks his opinion should be published everywhere) with way too much time on your hands. Good job on winning at life.

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&safe=off&q=Herr+Doktor+Professor+Deth+Vegetable&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=Herr+Doktor+Professor+Deth+Vegetable&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=3f2d83e828bdfbc

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:28:28 +0000

Murkin: Hear, hear.

By: oh

oh — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:17:53 +0000

next week on Internet Battle… dum dum dumb….

By: oh

oh — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:11:02 +0000

pussies…

By: Murkin

Murkin — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:03:48 +0000

You’ve got it backwards
People like you are pussies.
People like you, who eagerly give up their civil rights and freedom because they are scared of teh terrorists!, or simply because an authority figure directs them to.
People who stand up to assaults on their freedom as Americans are heroes.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:04:26 +0000

…Or, on the other hand, you could be more careful in how you read things. As I was certain to point out that I was repeating “essentially” what the Constitutional lawyer said, I made the assumption that you, and any other readers, would understand/be perceptive enough to realize that I was paraphrasing him. My apologies for overestimating you, I’ll try not to let it happen again.

I would interpret “there’s that whole violation-of-the-Fourth-Amendment thing” as neither incorrect nor (and these are two very different things, contrary to your assertion), an oversimplification. It is, rather, only a brief synopsis of the situation that we have continued to discuss in these ongoing comments.

Furthermore, suggesting that the EFF and/or EPIC are merely “riding the coattails of the ACLU” is not only ridiculous, but I suspect that you recognize it as such and have chosen that phraseology in a moment of pique.