Indignant

Brent Jessop - Knowledge Driven Revolution.com
August 22, 2007

Indignant – feeling or showing indignation.

Indignation – anger aroused by something felt to be unfair, unworthy, or wrong.

This is a word that was emphasized in a talk I heard from Alan Watt at www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com ages ago and has stuck with me every since. It is very descriptive of my own reaction to seeing how people are treated on a daily basis.

The latest example was that of actor Ed Harris throwing a “hissy fit” going though airport security. An unnamed airport source (or maybe just the imagination of the journalist) described the situation as follows:

An airport source told the Mirror: "Ed Harris landed himself in hot water because he made such a fool of - himself. He was affronted that security officers dared to ask him to empty his pockets as he went through a checkpoint near passport control.

"Every passenger is subject to monitoring and revealing what is in their pockets.

"Harris lobbed his keys on to a table in front of security staff and the coins in his pocket went everywhere.

"He actually threw his wallet on the floor. His crass, childish behaviour only ensured that they gave him their full attention.

"When a lock-knife was found on Harris, they immediately called the police to take care of him.

"He was taken away and only then did he realise the full seriousness of what was going on.

"Harris was left to calm down and then questioned for hours. He missed his flight and realised what he'd done was stupid.

"I don't think he will be quite so arrogant or stupid when flying in future."

I don’t know anything about Ed Harris and he may have just been a celebrity on a power trip, but that is not the point. The way people are treated at airport security (security really is not the right term) is truly indignant. Should we not all be just as outraged when we are expected to submit ourselves to such violations of our privacy?

The language used to describe the encounter is revealing as well. The above quote is repeated with some pertinent words highlighted. Ponder their use yourself.

An airport source told the Mirror: "Ed Harris landed himself in hot water because he made such a fool of - himself. He was affronted that security officers dared to ask him to empty his pockets as he went through a checkpoint near passport control.

"Every passenger is subject to monitoring and revealing what is in their pockets.

"Harris lobbed his keys on to a table in front of security staff and the coins in his pocket went everywhere.

"He actually threw his wallet on the floor. His crass, childish behaviour only ensured that they gave him their full attention.

"When a lock-knife was found on Harris, they immediately called the police to take care of him.

"He was taken away and only then did he realise the full seriousness of what was going on.

"Harris was left to calm down and then questioned for hours. He missed his flight and realised what he'd done was stupid.

"I don't think he will be quite so arrogant or stupid when flying in future."

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