Having lived on both sides of the badge, I have to agree that they had to take every precaution necessary, and did not over-react. Aside from being arrested at gunpoint, if they now slap her on the wrist in court, THEN the terrorists win. It opens the door for people to do stupid shit and endanger everyones safety. What she did is a real crime (whether she meant it or not).
We live in a society, with other people, not on our own deserted Islands. You cannot recklessly endanger the welfare of other people for art. That's not free expression that is saying it's OK to do stupid shit. You know what happens when people are allowed to do stupid shit? The rest of us lose focus and someone takes box cutters on an airplane and kills a couple thousand people.
We live in a world with fucking sickos. Unfortunately we have to give up some freedom in order to keep our kids from being blown the fuck to hell. That's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
I may draw some fire for agreeing with the authorities on this, but I don't really care, as long as I can get on a plane without getting blown to kingdom come.
