[Labyrinthos]

The TSA security man overstepped the limitss of his authority, pure and simple.

Rather than trying to teach him a lesson, he should have just arrested him and thrown him in jail for the night.

[MineralMan]

"The TSA security man overstepped the limitss of his authority, pure and simple.

Rather than trying to teach him a lesson, he should have just arrested him and thrown him in jail for the night."

Good point. And he'd be "within his authority" had he done that. I'm sure the author of this one-sided story would have preferred that, don't you think, instead of actually getting on his flight and going to his destination.

[quidnunc]

Labyrinthos wrote: (The TSA security man overstepped the limitss of his authority, pure and simple.) Rather than trying to teach him a lesson, he should have just arrested him and thrown him in jail for the night.

BullCENSORED!

There is such a thing as false arrest and this would have been it.

Before airport security was fedaralized many of the screeners were minimum-wage semi-retards, some with arrest records.

Many of these were grandfathered into federal employment and they're still in the process culling them out.

[Mulder]

Rather than trying to teach him a lesson, he should have just arrested him and thrown him in jail for the night.

For what charge?

Or do you believe like a good little peasant that our lords should be able to throw anyone they want into jail for any reason.