I don't feel safe. I feel violated, humiliated, and angry.

I don't feel safe. I feel violated, humiliated, and angry.(wilwheaton.typepad.com)

14 points by inaequitas 15 years ago | 8 comments

calloc 15 years ago |

At DIA (Denver International Airport) they have both the scanners set up, as well as standard metal detectors. Going through the metal detectors doesn't require a pat down even-though they are supposedly less safe than the scanners. Yet when you are forced to be in a line with a scanner and you opt-out you can't just go through the metal detector instead, but have to be patted down.

That doesn't make any sense to me what so ever. AT ALL.

redthrowaway 15 years ago |

Much as I like Wil, and as much as I dislike the TSA, can we leave the anti-TSA rants for reddit? This doesn't feel particularly appropriate for HN.

msbarnett 15 years ago | |

I've downvoted you, because it seems to me the correct action would be to flag the submission, rather than hijack the comment page for meta-discussion about appropriate content on HN.

redthrowaway 15 years ago | | |

I wasn't attempting to hijack anything, merely stating that it wasn't the kind of submission I expected to see on HN. I wasn't aware that flagging it was the [only] correct response.

mryall 15 years ago | |

I'm not so sure about that. Social problems like this are often deeply interesting because they don't have simple solutions.

That said, it's highly unlikely that a discussion about airport security is going to lead to anything other than idle griping about the situation. So maybe you're right and we should steer clear of the airport security line of discussion.

bmelton 15 years ago | |

Flag it if you disapprove.

daimyoyo 15 years ago | |

I'm sorry, are articles highlighting the erosion of your freedoms off putting? If you don't like it, go somewhere else. Fark has lovely discussions on it's page.

redthrowaway 15 years ago | | |

That would be exactly the kind of political flamewar stuff I don't expect on HN.