I am a victim of a hate crime regarding HOMELAND SECURITY, page 2
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reply posted on 14-6-2009 @ 12:37 AM by eMachine
If it all went down as you say it did, the damage was certainly intentional and probably had something to do with your sticker. If you take pictures, sure, send your story to Alex Jones. I'm sure he'd like to hear it, he's probably been collecting similar accounts.

I don't blame you for having the sticker on your laptop. I don't think it's fair to say "you were asking for it". It's probably reasonable to expect some negative attention for such a sticker, the way things currently are. But this is still America.

Sure, it's a controversial sticker. The way I look at it though, it's like wearing a band shirt: shows what you are interested in and may perhaps facilitate a conversation with a like-minded individual that you would not have met otherwise.

Personally, I've never understood why people who believe the official story should become hostile about "9/11 truth". I would think they would see it as a joke and shrug it off. "9/11 was an inside job" should be equal to "Bush is a reptilian shapeshifter", but it isn't for some reason.

Even my dad (a retired steelworker and non-veteran) got upset the first time my husband mentioned how "some people think 9/11 was an inside job", when generally he just laughs at other theories we've introduced.

Anyway, you can call it a "hate crime" if you want to. It is destruction of your property because of your beliefs. I'm not sure what the definition of "hate crime" is, but this is at least political profiling and vandalism. I don't personally think "hate crime" is restricted to race and religion.

Good thing they didn't decide to "take you in the back for questioning".


reply posted on 14-6-2009 @ 01:10 AM by jprophet420
Originally posted by secretagent woooman
reply to
post by topsecretombomb


FIrst of all that is NOT a hate crime. That is vandalism and if you get an attorney who can prove the chain of events either they or the airline will probably replace the computer to avoid publicity.

Second of all, don't put political slogans on your personal belongings, that calls attention to you, and yes, people will vandalize your stuff if they don't like what you are espousing. Ever see how many cars get vandalized at election time because people don't like their stickers, or have their houses egged when they have signs in front? The knowledge of Homeland Security pulling checks at airports is so well known that it sounds like you put that sticker on their hoping to cause an incident, not many people would be that indiscreet.


Hate crimes (also known as bias-motivated crimes) occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, or political affiliation.


Now that we have that out of the way...

While you are busy giving up your right to free speech, you should give them your gun also. You should also forfeit your right to an attorney. You should get on the next plane to somewhere where it's not okay to speak your mind.

Hopefully, if you've been around ATS long enough you know how to contact John Titor. He can come pick you up in his time machine and take you back to Europe circa 1945. The guy that smashed your laptop will have a job with Hitler waiting for him.


reply posted on 14-6-2009 @ 03:16 AM by RR98
Sorry, but something doesn't seem quite right here and my BS-ometer is going off. Here's why:

1. What laptop computer has a glass screen? None, to my knowledge. "glass filled bag and glass filled clothing"...where did the glass come from? Not the laptop screen, which would be a soft LCD.

2. Who here who travels puts their laptop and cell phone in their checked baggage? (Upon opening my bag to empty it out of my clothing, phone, & computer laptop) Everyone I know carries on cell phones and laptop computers (not "computer laptop", which leads to my next point).

3. The usage of English in the OP is a bit odd...("I entered a California based airport"..."Upon opening my bag to empty it out of my clothing, phone, & computer laptop I came to a grim discovery"..."could have taken a really high fall from a high destination"..."diliberatlely punched"..."my computer beared"..."I all know what youre thinking"...and so on. Also, the change from "I" checking in to "we" and "our" upon arrival seems strange. Not in and of itself evidence of anything, but odd nonetheless.

4. "My computer beared a huge sticker which says '9/11 was an inside job.' ...who in their right mind would travel by air with an anti-government slogan about 9/11 prominently displayed? That's just plain dumb , freedom of speech notwithstanding.

To summarize, broken glass from a device that contains no glass, normally carry-on items in checked baggage with big anti-government stickers on display, eloquent but stilted English (as if from a fluent but non-native speaker).

Something just doesn't smell right here...seems like possibly an incitement against Homeland Security and TSA on an already suspicious and borderline paranoid audience (this being a conspiracy-based website, after all). From where I don't know..."topsecretombomb", the OP, simply claims to be a "Cellular automaton" and doesn't divulge his location. Since he (we, our) was flying out of a "California based airport" I presume he is somewhere in California.

I don't like government intrusion any more than anyone else here, but something about this just doesn't seem to add up.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents. Anyone else think that things don't quite add up?


reply posted on 14-6-2009 @ 05:03 AM by Persephone1
reply to post by topsecretombomb



WTH? How can they do something like this and get away with it? Easy. People let them. Their fears and worries give them the power to be arseclowns. I am so sorry you went through all of that. It makes no sense why they'd go out of their way to damage someone's property.

If they felt you were some sort of threat, they'd of confiscated your belongings, and held you in security for interrogation. But this was not the case. So to me, this states the culprits have no real power at all, and are using fear tactics on random individuals for the pleasure of the game.



reply posted on 14-6-2009 @ 07:15 AM by titorite
reply to post by semperfortis



If you hit google and type in "Laptop computer glass screen" and do an image search you will find what a broken LCD screen looks like. Granted its not shattered glass everywhere but I do find it plausible that someone broke the laptop screen over the 911 sticker.

Also while searching I did find that some laptops do have a nice outer glass screen.

But lets wait for the OP to pop back in with his two cents on the subject.
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