New Posts For Thread: TSA potentially damages $10K Insulin Pumphttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_PumplinkA diabetic 16-year-old was returning from a class trip when TSA screeners forced her to take her machine through the full-body scanner rather than give her the pat-down called for by the paperwork she had on her. The manufacturer can't promise thThis thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_Pump?post_id=520064941#520064941This thread was moved from the Hot Topics ZoneFri, 25 May 2012 14:11:21 -0500Yes, but there is a difference in abusing the power you are given and being given the power to abuse. For TSA, it is not that they are abusing the small amount of power they have, it is that they have been given a large amount of power and legalityhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_Pump?post_id=519807351#519807351Yes, but there is a difference in abusing the power you are given and being given the power to abuse. For TSA, it is not that they are abusing the small amount of power they have, it is that they have been given a large amount of power and legalityFri, 18 May 2012 07:27:29 -0500^ This. It's a sad fact of human nature that if you give someone authority, a certain percentage of them will abuse it. Most don't of course, and the organisation will generally do it's best to weed out the power-crazed.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_Pump?post_id=519801279#519801279^ This. It's a sad fact of human nature that if you give someone authority, a certain percentage of them will abuse it. Most don't of course, and the organisation will generally do it's best to weed out the power-crazed.Fri, 18 May 2012 00:53:54 -0500Giving anybody a badge and some authority carries with it the inescapable fact that some will misuse the authority. I doubt the TSA is any worse than other institutions; it is just that when they abuse their authority, it generally happens in a veryhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_Pump?post_id=519797465#519797465Giving anybody a badge and some authority carries with it the inescapable fact that some will misuse the authority. I doubt the TSA is any worse than other institutions; it is just that when they abuse their authority, it generally happens in a veryThu, 17 May 2012 20:22:03 -0500TSA are nothing but thugs.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_Pump?post_id=519690359#519690359TSA are nothing but thugs.Mon, 14 May 2012 17:52:13 -0500Nowhere in my post did I imply that free-market corporations would be any better. And the incident concerning the 18 month old girl deals with the idiotic, government created no-fly list.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_Pump?post_id=519669235#519669235Nowhere in my post did I imply that free-market corporations would be any better. And the incident concerning the 18 month old girl deals with the idiotic, government created no-fly list.Mon, 14 May 2012 08:11:36 -0500Government agencies, huh?Seems your much-vaunted free-market corporations aren't any better:abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/05/j...JetBlue cited a “computer glitch” on Thursday as the reason it removed an 18-month old girl from a planhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_Pump?post_id=519623543#519623543Government agencies, huh?Seems your much-vaunted free-market corporations aren't any better:abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/05/j...JetBlue cited a “computer glitch” on Thursday as the reason it removed an 18-month old girl from a planSat, 12 May 2012 19:05:51 -0500Bin Laden must be rolling with laughter on the ocean floor. Not only did we pass all these laws to keep ourselves safe from everything, we then complain when they are implemented. He must think death was worth it to watch what we have done to ourselhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_Pump?post_id=519518771#519518771Bin Laden must be rolling with laughter on the ocean floor. Not only did we pass all these laws to keep ourselves safe from everything, we then complain when they are implemented. He must think death was worth it to watch what we have done to ourselWed, 09 May 2012 20:42:52 -0500Perhaps someone will get fired, but since this is par for the course concerning government agencies, I think it is doubtful.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_Pump?post_id=519503993#519503993Perhaps someone will get fired, but since this is par for the course concerning government agencies, I think it is doubtful.Wed, 09 May 2012 13:19:35 -0500linkA diabetic 16-year-old was returning from a class trip when TSA screeners forced her to take her machine through the full-body scanner rather than give her the pat-down called for by the paperwork she had on her. The manufacturer can't promise thhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29108369/TSA_potentially_damages_$10K_Insulin_Pump?post_id=519501283#519501283linkA diabetic 16-year-old was returning from a class trip when TSA screeners forced her to take her machine through the full-body scanner rather than give her the pat-down called for by the paperwork she had on her. The manufacturer can't promise thWed, 09 May 2012 12:09:11 -0500