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Dennis LaGrua
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If my reply ignited a firestorm about the tyrannical TSA, it wasn't intended to insult anyone but it did stimulate conversation on a subject that affects all of us. Whether you agree with my analogy or not, our freedoms and rights are diminishing and this is worrisome. It seems like this should be a concern for most but some people apparently don't mind being subjugated by the promise of safety. As an innocent law abiding person, (who has led an exemplary life), I vehemently object.
Unfortunately, history shows a poor record in the human rights area. Slavery, communism, fascism, the pogroms, anti-Semitism, discrimination, NSA spying, the Patriot Act, NADA, the treatment of the American Indians and the TSA all fit the same authoritarian mindset. The violations of ones human dignity caused by these policies are not all equal in their draconian application but with time things tend to bloom. Its only a matter of time before the TSA requires you to strip completely naked to board a plane. They already X-Ray you, make you empty your pockets, scan you and treat you in a subhuman way. I don't want this for my fellow Amtrak travelers. I will be there speaking out for this injustice.
Unfortunately, history shows a poor record in the human rights area. Slavery, communism, fascism, the pogroms, anti-Semitism, discrimination, NSA spying, the Patriot Act, NADA, the treatment of the American Indians and the TSA all fit the same authoritarian mindset. The violations of ones human dignity caused by these policies are not all equal in their draconian application but with time things tend to bloom. Its only a matter of time before the TSA requires you to strip completely naked to board a plane. They already X-Ray you, make you empty your pockets, scan you and treat you in a subhuman way. I don't want this for my fellow Amtrak travelers. I will be there speaking out for this injustice.