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		demallien on Nov 9, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: World's largest association of pilots boycotts bod... This has already been done to death on HN. 1) "Doing your job" is never an excuse for doing what is wrong. 2) These pat-downs are wrong. If you agree with the first 2 points, it seems to me that making the wrong-doer personally accountable is a reasonable response. Yes, their boss several thousand miles away also needs to be held to account, but so do the people physically executing the searches.

coconutrandom on Nov 9, 2010 [–]

I'm pretty sure that argument should be reserved for possible war crimes and not frisking people.

isleyaardvark on Nov 9, 2010 | [–]

There are plenty of jobs that violate rule #1 above. Spammers, those who take advantage of the economically disadvantaged, et cetera.

If groping someone's genitals doesn't cross a line, what does?

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