Wow, that's a little bit tin hat. They just mean if you see a bomb or suspicious package, tell someone.
How do you extrapolate "bomb or suspicious package" from the phrase "See something, say something"? At no point whatsoever do I see the terms, "bomb", "suspicious", or "package" anywhere at all within this phrase. After close examination, you seem to have 1) observed something 2) interpreted its meaning for yourself 3) assumed you interpreted it correctly 4) assumed that other's interpretations were wrong 5) assumed that you could correct their wrongful interpretations.
Pretty good work providing that you are able to provide direct evidence that "they" are indeed referring to bombs or suspicious packages. However, I seem to have missed the memo from "them" which references this specific information.
All I am left to base
MY individual interpretation on is an extremely vague catch phrase which, to me, seems very open to interpretation from anyone who reads it. Joe Snuffy sitting next to me on the bus might interpret it as "If you see someone who appears to be Muslim, tell the authorities." Susie Creamcheese sitting in the next row might interpret it as, "If you see someone with a duffle bag, report it to the authorities." Klanny McCrossburner in the next car might disagree with all of the above and interpret it to mean, "If you see an African American in a hoodie, tell the authorities." Libby McGunhater, staring daggers at my Springfield Armory shirt and NRA hat while rooting through her purse for her cell phone might interpret it as, "If you see someone who could possibly be armed, tell the authorities."
I don't think its too "tinfoil hat" to look at such a vaguely worded and unspecific soundbite and wonder......"What could "they" want by posting such a fuzzy directive for all to see?"
If you refuse to see the probablity that everyone will choose their own interpretation and rat, snitch, inform, or downright sell their own mother to "them" if it meets whatever vague definition of "threatening" they personally choose, you're one of the people convinced of their own specific interpretation to the exclusion of anyone who differs.
Now, comparing it to the Gesthapo and the Nazi informant process is a little "tinfoil hat"......but even so, it bares a very strong resemblance to the basic process of 1) incite a general sense of fear 2) designate "undesirables" 3) provide a means of "acceptance" at the expense of the "undesirables" 4) watch people attempt to gain "acceptance" in order to differentiate themselves from those "undesirables" by POINTING "THEM" OUT.
The insidious thing about this entire "See something, say something" program isn't that it horrifically singles out a specific "undesirable".....
.....It's that it leaves the interpretation open, knowing full well that the general public will focus on whatever "boogeyman" they choose, leaving "them" free to "investigate"
any damned one they want under the blanket excuse of "well, we received a report, and you know "See something, say something", we better trample your due process rights, your 4th Amendment rights, illegally detain you, (Well, not anymore since we now have probable cause!) and any number of indignities......
...after all, it's for safety. Can't argue with safety, right? Just doing our jobs. Keeping Americans safe from that undefined "something". Isn't that nice?
