Oh, and to the commenter who suggested “FOndle” instead of “Touch”, it doesn’t render as well with the longer word. It’s a visual thing :)

Just ordered mine and will have it in time to wear for flight on SUnday

I’m a happy miser.

Besides, the government lets private corporations use public resources in the course of their business and we don’t get a cut of that.

What’s our money is their money and what’s their money is their money.

For instance, DOD is completely off limits. Can’t use their seal in any way shape or form. Most others can be “licensed”. (Believe it or not) Marines, Navy, Coast Guard, etc. all have a licensing program.

Watch it now before it gets taken down again.

Watching a three-year-old girl sob into her mother’s arms “Stop touching me” is the best anti-TSA-grope message you could hope to find.

Maybe a t-shirt with “Stop the TSA from forcing their agents to become pedophile creepers.”

Or maybe a screen cap of the pat down with “Pedobear Approves” stamped in the corner?

Adults should take advantage of this situation and use it as a learning opportunity for their children, by rewarding their children for doing the right thing when a stranger gropes them.

And yeah, the suggestion that TSA agents should “play a game” or use a lollipop is disgusting. Children should be taught not to go along with those things. All pedophiles know about that kind of stuff. If a TSA agent offered my child a candy I would tell my child to refuse it, and further, if my child hit or kicked the agent, I would tell him, “good job, go for the face”, because that’s what children should do when strangers grope them.

http://www.pennandteller.com/03/coolstuff/penniphile/roadpennfederalvip.html

Of course it helps if you’re famous and the cops that turns up likes you.

In all states, children under a certain age (usually 12 I think?) don’t have responsibility for their actions. So if a little 6 year old girl hits or kicks a TSA agent, that little girl cannot be prosecuted for it.

To me, there are a lot of things wrong with TSA agents groping children. Perhaps the biggest problem with it is that children should not think it is ok for adult strangers to touch them. Ever. That little girl who had tantrum was doing exactly what she should have done!

Unfortunately, her mom was encouraging her to calm down and comply. That’s wrong.

Her mom should have been saying, “kick harder! kick for the face!” and so on.

The little girl would have no criminal liability. In fact, the TSA could be useful in providing practice for children in how to react to be touched by strangers: hit, kick, bite, go for the face and eyes.

Would an adult have liability for encouraging his or her child to fight back against being groped by a stranger? I wouldn’t think so. It can’t be a “conspiracy” because the child isn’t competent to be a conspirator to anything. It can’t be assault because the adult isn’t doing anything. It can’t be interfering with the TSA because the child is the one doing the interfering.

I know that (below a certain age) a child would have no direct liability.

Where did you get that? Maybe they can’t be brought up on criminal charges as an adult, but a) there is a juvenile justice system, and b) children can still be sued for civil offenses- like hitting or kicking someone.

I want you to be right, just don’t know that that’s the case.

So when creepy old uncle Ernie says “let’s play a game” she won’t scream and cry and tell Mom….