Shadow Wrought's Journal: TSA Mythbusting

And the TSA trifecta is unexpectedly completed through none other than Mythbuster's Adam Savage! Since w00tstock Seattle was in May this year, his anecdote predates the current outcry, but is still humorous. In a nutshell, even though he went through the full body scanner, they missed the two, foot long razor blades he left on himself after filming an episode.

WTF TSA indeed...

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[stoolpigeon]

That is not correct.

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[Captain Splendid]

You have a surfeit of faith.

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[stoolpigeon]

I don't think it is surprising that travel yesterday went along pretty normally - but people are pissed about this. It isn't a media generated fad that will blow over. A lot of people are pretty upset and I think we'll see some changes coming.

The reason it wasn't a big deal yesterday is that a lot of people just didn't fly. That will be more effective in the long run anyway - hit the airlines where they really care. Let them push the government to fix the problem.

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[Captain Splendid]

It isn't a media generated fad that will blow over

Actually, that's exactly [gawker.com] what it is.

Second, it's fucking funny as hell that this issue would be the tipping point, considering it's no more or less asinine or invasive than what's been going on since 9/11.

Oh, that's right, a Democrat is president.

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[stoolpigeon]

That last bit shows a bit of disconnect on this issue. The party of the president is irrelevant to how people feel about this.

To say that this is no different than what was done in the past is wrong. I'll be flying with my family in January, and I find the idea of my children being photographed naked or felt up by a TSA person to be completely on a different order than anything we've ever faced before. I don't see anything funny about any of it.

And finally - that poll was done a while ago and the results w

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[Captain Splendid]

Nobody would love a proper backlash against this more than me. But if you honestly think anything more than cosmetic changes are going to be made to your security theatre, I've got a bridge to sell you.

Let's compare notes in a couple of months, see how we did.

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[countertrolling]

Let them push the government to fix the problem.

What, bail them out? Again? And again?

In the mosh pit of Wall Street there are no "airlines" to hit. Any consumer action simply provokes a shift of investments* to another part of a diverse portfolio. Only the grunts will will take the hit.

*This is literally what Wall Street looks like [youtube.com]..

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[stoolpigeon]

From the surveys I've seen - the majority of people who actually fly don't. No delusions involved.