Sarcasm is Security Risk
Via Boing Boing comes this link to the story about the kid arrested for the note in his luggage. In the BB commentary is this:
And before anyone posts the inevitable, "But the kid showed poor judgement in putting that note in his luggage," comment in the Discuss link, let me point out three things:
1. He is a kid; kids are supposed to have poor judgement -- that's why we don't let them vote. If our national security depends on teenagers abstaining from foolishness, we are doomed.
- The TSA screeners are adults. What's more, they're adults who are supposed to be professional risk-assessors. If the people who found that note couldn't evaluate its risk any better than they did at Logan airport, we are doomed.
- Look me in the screen and tell me that you haven't had the exact same thought while having some blank-eyed bureaucrat rummaging through your dirty underwear. If that sentiment endangers aircrafts, we are doomed.
In fact, during our preparations to come home from Chicago, I did something similar. I moved all the dirty clothes to the very top, and put all the stinky underwear on top of the already stinky clothes. I urge all readers to do the same. Don't bury the stink. If someone must be rooting through my stuff, they are going to experience the choicest nastiness I have to offer.