[Peace-discuss] respecting authority (was "Seminar")

[Karen Medina]

My brother once got thrown up against the wall at an airport security 
checkpoint. He had forgotten to get his change out of the container and they 
called him back to get it. He made a joke -- something like "I thought you 
might want to keep it" and the woman security officer threw him against the 
wall, frisked him, and told him it wasn't funny. 

I have no idea how my brother triggered this reaction. Maybe she had lots of 
men refusing to respect her authority or something. 

It scared the bejeevers out of me. I was glad my nephews were not with us. That 
kind of thing leaves an impression for a long time. 

-karen medina



---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:33:36 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>  
>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Seminar  
>To: Peace-discuss List <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>
>   When a cop tells me to pull over, or airport
>   security tells me to step out of line, I usually
>   continue on my way (guardedly) until I'm sure they
>   really do mean me (since I've done nothing
>   wrong). But when I'm sure they DO mean me, I stop
>   and do as they say... and I'm sure everyone on this
>   list does too (if for no other reason than we know
>   refusal to comply will not mean the subject is
>   dropped). I'm a law-abiding citizen (mostly) and
>   I've always assumed the police have the right to
>   stop me if they believe something's amiss...