Comments on: The TSA Metastasizes http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sat, 26 May 2012 17:40:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark Blafkin http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/comment-page-1/#comment-51068 Mark Blafkin Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:59:03 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/#comment-51068 <p>My personal favorite is when they tell you you can't bring those little reusable shampoo bottles on the plane, but you can bring mini bottles of brand name shampoo....because somehow, that's just safer.</p> My personal favorite is when they tell you you can’t bring those little reusable shampoo bottles on the plane, but you can bring mini bottles of brand name shampoo….because somehow, that’s just safer.

]]> By: Mark Blafkin http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/comment-page-1/#comment-37905 Mark Blafkin Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:59:03 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/#comment-37905 <p>My personal favorite is when they tell you you can't bring those little reusable shampoo bottles on the plane, but you can bring mini bottles of brand name shampoo....because somehow, that's just safer.</p> My personal favorite is when they tell you you can’t bring those little reusable shampoo bottles on the plane, but you can bring mini bottles of brand name shampoo….because somehow, that’s just safer.

]]> By: False Data http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/comment-page-1/#comment-51067 False Data Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:10:18 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/#comment-51067 <p>In the meantime, how 'bout <a href="http://www.house.gov/writerep/" rel="nofollow">writing your representative</a>?</p> In the meantime, how ’bout writing your representative?

]]> By: False Data http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/comment-page-1/#comment-51066 False Data Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:57:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/#comment-51066 <p>People will put up with a tremendous amount of inconvenience either if they think it'll keep them safer or if the restrictions increase gradually enough. Consider what East Germans were willing to tolerate with the Stasi, for example, or the rationing in the U.S. during WW II to help the war effort.<br></p> <p><br>The things likely to spark a backlash are either a very sudden, sharp increase in security-related restrictions or a sudden piece of news that makes a critical number of people believe the existing measures are not effective at keeping them safe. For instance, a law that prevented all interstate highway travel without prior authorization would probably do it, or news of a COINTELPRO-like operation using watch lists to target popular political figures.</p> People will put up with a tremendous amount of inconvenience either if they think it’ll keep them safer or if the restrictions increase gradually enough. Consider what East Germans were willing to tolerate with the Stasi, for example, or the rationing in the U.S. during WW II to help the war effort.


The things likely to spark a backlash are either a very sudden, sharp increase in security-related restrictions or a sudden piece of news that makes a critical number of people believe the existing measures are not effective at keeping them safe. For instance, a law that prevented all interstate highway travel without prior authorization would probably do it, or news of a COINTELPRO-like operation using watch lists to target popular political figures.

]]> By: False Data http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/comment-page-1/#comment-37904 False Data Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:10:18 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/#comment-37904 <p>In the meantime, how 'bout <a href="http://www.house.gov/writerep/" rel="nofollow">writing your representative</a>?</p> In the meantime, how ’bout writing your representative?

]]> By: False Data http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/comment-page-1/#comment-37903 False Data Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:57:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/10/the-tsa-metastasizes/#comment-37903 <p>People will put up with a tremendous amount of inconvenience either if they think it'll keep them safer or if the restrictions increase gradually enough. Consider what East Germans were willing to tolerate with the Stasi, for example, or the rationing in the U.S. during WW II to help the war effort.</p> <p> The things likely to spark a backlash are either a very sudden, sharp increase in security-related restrictions or a sudden piece of news that makes a critical number of people believe the existing measures are not effective at keeping them safe. For instance, a law that prevented all interstate highway travel without prior authorization would probably do it, or news of a COINTELPRO-like operation using watch lists to target popular political figures.</p> People will put up with a tremendous amount of inconvenience either if they think it’ll keep them safer or if the restrictions increase gradually enough. Consider what East Germans were willing to tolerate with the Stasi, for example, or the rationing in the U.S. during WW II to help the war effort.

The things likely to spark a backlash are either a very sudden, sharp increase in security-related restrictions or a sudden piece of news that makes a critical number of people believe the existing measures are not effective at keeping them safe. For instance, a law that prevented all interstate highway travel without prior authorization would probably do it, or news of a COINTELPRO-like operation using watch lists to target popular political figures.

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