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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 09:50 AM
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Fight back against TSA groping. Well at least cost them some MONEY. Next time they want to grope ya
Make them put on clean gloves.
Why do they have on gloves? To protect themselves.
Make them put on a clean pair. Who knows what the previous person had.
Do you want their body lice?
How about their CRABS?

What do a pair of rubber gloves cost? maybe $.25 in bulk,
How many people get groped every day? THOUSANDS.
Cost them MONEY

If they run out of gloves make them wash their hands in front of you before they touch you.
If you can't cost them money cost them TIME.
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 10:00 AM
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1. Uh, that just raises ticket prices...
I'd like to strap a 12" dildo to my leg just to see the look on their face when they felt it!
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 10:11 AM
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3. Or start moaning when do it. nt
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grahamhgreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 10:11 AM
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4. In fact there is no law about what the heck you could have down there. I wonder what a plastic
lobster would do to them?
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 10:20 AM
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5. That is the idea. Make it cost more for them to screw with you
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 10:07 AM
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2. Does the TSA work for the Airlines or the FED? How would it affect ticket prices?
Edited on Fri Nov-19-10 10:15 AM by Vincardog
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sgsmith Donating Member (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 10:33 AM
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6. Part of the ticket price is a "security" fee
Currently $2.50 per leg, or $5 maximum if I recall correctly.

And it looks like TSA is looking to increase the fee:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-19/u-s-airlines-fliers-may-see-security-fees-rise-pistole-says.html

An increase in U.S. airline security fees is among “strong possibilities” being considered to pay for higher costs of detecting terrorist threats, the Transportation Security Administration chief said.

“There are some different fees being discussed,” John Pistole, who leads the agency, said in an interview today at Bloomberg’s office in Washington. The $2.50-a-passenger fee now added to ticket prices is “obviously a significant source of revenue for providing security services. That is one of those strong possibilities.”

Transportation security officials are seeking ways to raise revenue after expediting deployment of full-body scanners at U.S. airports. The agency acted after a 23-year-old Nigerian man attempted to ignite explosives in his underwear on a Detroit- bound flight on Christmas Day last year.
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 10:35 AM
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7. I also believe we should be requesting clean gloves.
That's an easy thing to do.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 10:37 AM
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8. The best, most effective way to fight this madness is to not fly
When airlines start seeing revenue dropping due to this insanity, they will be far more effective at applying pressure on the government to change this shit than you and I can.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 10:43 AM
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10. I am sorry for the people who must fly for their jobs. since 2001, you couldn't get me
on a plane--NOT because of fear of terrorists, but because of the insanity and fear-mongering fomented by the govt.
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 10:43 AM
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9. there's all kinds of skin diseases that could be spread by used gloves, too
ring worm, for instance
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