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In reply to the discussion: TSA screener accused of stealing iPads from passengers' bags at JFK Airport [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)37. LOL Get rid of the NRA and the world is a most beautiful safe place
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TSA screener accused of stealing iPads from passengers' bags at JFK Airport [View all]
IDemo
Dec 2012
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It was probably compulsive theivery by a klepto., not due to low wages at all IMHO.
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#17
OMG! Someone somewhere is eating a grape from a supermarket before paying for it!
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#3
People who are responsible for air travel security should be held to a higher standard than grocers
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#4
It's a macguffin (aka McGuffin). This is a classic plot device over much ado about nothing
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#30
Seriously. Why would anyone be concerned about a police beating because, after all, it doesn't
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#38
But the cop started out taking one singular grape out of a bag at the supermarket before weighing
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#39
"Information on his lawyer was not immediately available." This is the only bit of article not quote
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#40
macguffin is the word you are looking for. This article is the same as those against ACORN
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#41
And thousands of people get beaten every day. Why focus on police beatings? eom
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#44
Are you saying my ipad = a grape? Huh. If so, would you send me a brand new one and I'll give you
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#10
No, without security, and the good folk of the TSA, I would be the cowardly lion
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#20
Wow, a full-throated defense of stealing from peoples' baggage. Classy. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#35
Maybe this person was hired so that it could bad mouth an entire industry
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#9
Of course, this proves, more security is a good thing. or as Joe Tex sang
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#12
There we go- this person with a simliar name to mine got why this story has been posted
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#31
I just spent time reading 100s and 100s of response comments in the original article
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#42
what is your point? I don't back down to mob mentality. Makes me unique I guess.
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#45
answer #2...I remember a skit from Saturday Night Live about mob mentality
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#46