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has the legal defense handled, but what I hope people will do is make a stand for our
rights. Many, many thanks.-A"
Postscript-10 September 10, 2011 My response to Elie Mystal's 'Two Minutes of
Terrorist Triumph: Alone With the TSA'
From: Project Humanbeingsfirst.org
Date: Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:41 PM
Subject: America: TSA vagina/testicle probe and you
To: tips@abovethelaw.com
In response to the vile molestation suffered by Elie Mystal: Two Minutes of
Terrorist Triumph: Alone With the TSA , the following sheds light on the 'system
architecture' of which this is merely a tiny component.
As villainous as these molestations are, they can no more be understood in
isolation from "imperial mobilization" and obedience training to accept police
state, for “World government could only be kept in being by force.”, than the
function of a wire can be understood in isolation from the rest of the system to
which it belongs and without which, the entire system with thousands of wires
would still fail.
This is the second time this week that I have to express this sentiment related to
TSA excesses and I only wish this was to be the last time: "I am sorry to hear of
your experience."
The solution is not to accept such indignities in the first place for lamenting after
the fact does little to mitigate the trauma, the anger, and the disgust. The
success of this obedience training is precisely measured by the fact that of this
[powerless] sentiment expressed by Elie Mystal: 'But I did not appreciate it. I
wanted to say, “The next time I use an epic tragedy as a trumped up
excuse to molest you, we’ll see how relaxed you are.” Of course, I didn’t
say that, but I did flash him my “if you were any other man, I’d kill you
The Poor-Man's Guide to Modernity 253 / 334 Zahir Ebrahim