Because I think it's irrelevant to HN.

These stories are all over Reddit and you can go and read about the TSA there. If the stories here were a discussion of technical aspects of the TSA equipment or procedures I'd be interested. But most appear to be scare stories (the rape victim one).

Also, I don't care about the TSA for two reasons: firstly I'm not in the US and the TSA is an internal US body and secondly it doesn't bother me if someone sees a weird black and white picture of me naked.

And I don't want HN to be consumed with a single issue with story after story because then it becomes another site where political/social stories are aired.

Because it's not the proper forum for it. You have N sites on the internet where you can talk about the TSA / tasers / politics / whatever to your heart's content. Please stop spamming one of the few good sites about startups and hacking with this stuff.

Thanks for the answers (both davidw & jgrahamc). (I expected getting downvoted out of existence.)

Points are totally understood and taken to heart. Thanks for clarifying.