Perspective
November 3, 2013 14 Comments
Dear Muslimo
Stop whining, will you. Yes, yes, I know you get stopped and harassed and interrogated and strip searched every time you try to travel . . . yawn . . . don’t tell me yet again, I know you’re constantly judged based on superficial similarities to bad people, and you can’t live where you please without enduring rude questions and harassment from rubes who think you’re a terrorist or infiltrator, and the government is allowed to detain you indefinitely without trial if you behave suspiciously, and you’ll never be able to take a piloting class or run a marathon or buy fertilizer without ending up on a dozen watch lists. But stop whining, will you. Think of the suffering your poor British brothers have to put up with.
Only this week I heard of one, he calls himself “Richard Dawkins,” and do you know what happened to him? A TSA security agent took away his jar of honey. I am not exaggerating. He really did. He took his jar of honey. Of course he protested, and of course he knew the preexisting security rules, but even so . . .
And you, Muslimo, think you have inconvenience, intrusion, and harassment to complain about! For goodness sake grow up, or at least grow a thicker skin.
Tom
Dubito Ergo Sum 
Brilliant.
Anyway, I thought THE PRINCIPLE of honey confiscation and other such measures wasn’t to keep human terrorists out, but to protect biosecurity. Something a biologist should surely be aware of.
Genius.
Poignant point there, maggiesausage.
This is a good post and you should feel good.
Don’t forget “might be killed by a drone-strike just because you live on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan”
Well done.
….I always thought overblown airport security was the result of paranoia and propaganda. I didn’t realize it was bin Laden who wrote the policy and forced it through.
You educate AND entertain.
Your mocking of this mild aggravation is unacceptable and I must boycott you.
This is awesome. Brilliant response.
Nice one.
I don’t think it was a TSA security guy. It was in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bloody brilliant. Thank you.
Beautiful.
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