venomous porridge: An honest question for the TSA

dwineman:

Every day at your airport checkpoints, you screen thousands of passengers for objects that could conceivably be used as a weapons….

I try not to actually think about the TSA because otherwise I get sad.

(Reblogged from dwineman)

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  1. dghost reblogged this from dwineman and added:
    Thoughtfully written piece on the logical fallacy...TSA screening procedures. For the...
  2. bandpass reblogged this from dwineman
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  4. brianpan reblogged this from dwineman and added:
    TSA because otherwise
  5. surelock said: But couldn’t this argument be made about bringing weapons into ANYTHING (like schools or courthouses)? I agree with the spirit, but the point is that no one is allowed a weapon, white taxpaying dude or otherwise.
  6. dig-the-cat said: I think you’re confusing identifying and stopping terrorists with preventing banned items from passing a checkpoint. However the point stands: So are they.
  7. langer said: This is a joke, right? Please tell me this is a joke and that I’m just missing the funny.
  8. kaisdavis reblogged this from dwineman
  9. asmallteapot reblogged this from jwisser and added:
    Silly terrorists, Trix are
  10. jwisser reblogged this from dwineman and added:
    An excellent question,...particular interest to me, as
  11. sblaufuss said: I love this.
  12. texburgher said: No bombs allowed. If you are discovered with a bomb, the bomb will be confiscated before you will be allowed to board the plane and proceed peacefully, albeit frustrated and humbled by your untimely defeat at your enemies’ hands, to your destination.
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