Amen to that. Was the airport's reaction stupid and absurdly disproportionate? Absolutely. Does that excuse this guy's selfish stupidity? Absolutely not. The dude should be a pauper for the rest of his life.
Come on. Are you serious? Even an ex felon has the right to pursue economic prosperity. Are you saying that this guy's behaviour falls into an entirely new category and that we should torment him forever and make sure he never lives above the poverty line? What about his family? We should punish them? This guy might've been a totally productive member of society for all any of us know. But we should treat him worse than a crack dealer?
I thought airport security was a pain in the butt before 9/11 and I haven't changed my mind at all since then. We should either destroy all terrorists or at least eliminate them from our country. If we start treating our ordinary citizens like terrorists instead of taking the other measures- what then? Why do we not do the necessary things to the necessary people- ie the radical anti American crowd? Why torment American citizenry for Bin Laden's dementia?
America is the "me first nation". That's why I love it. Freedom of the individual and all "that stuff" that the left hates so much. It's a dangerous road we're going down if we start sacrificing people on the altars of fear.