Oh, Honey.

This letter to The Ethicist is all kinds of endearing:

I believe that my name is on a Transportation Security Administration watch list. Often when I fly, the letters “SSSS” on my boarding pass alert gate agents to pull me aside for extra screening. But on a recent trip, a T.S.A. employee failed to notice the “SSSS.” I’m fairly certain that I am on the T.S.A. list because of my animal rights activism. I am not a threat to civil aviation. I was happy to avoid yet another bothersome search, but should I have spoken up? I wouldn’t want the guy to miss an actual threat. NICK A., FLORIDA

Apart from the “this is not necessary” factor, the likelihood that Nick could successfully communicate his concern to a TSA official without saying something along the lines of “I am a dangerous person, and I am slipping through your security cracks” is basically nil. Please don’t get tased.