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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
why be embarassed? there is nothing going on that everyone else is not going through.
all y'all are actually giving the bad guys a win in their column by seeing everyone up in arms. we're all going through the same thing. this should be viewed as working together towards a common goal. keep your head high, lace up your boots and march on. just remember that we all have the same equipment on the scanner screen, and the ones that are different mean harm.
seriously, y'all need to chill
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I don't think it's a question of embarrassment, so much as indignity and personal affront. The whole process is pretty much an indignity, actually, but with the scans TSA has overstepped.
If all this "security" is necessary, why doesn't TSA profile? Profiling is the most effective way of dealing with terrorists. Yeah, yeah, I know all about the PC notion that profiling is bad. But so is a warrantless and invasive personal search, which is actually supposed to be forbidden by the 4th Amendment.
If the security problem does as to justify profiling, which is NOT unconstitutional under circumstances like this, then it does not justify the scans & patdowns.
We have allowed the government, through TSA, to assume powers that free people should require be exercised with extreme care and subject to oversight by independent judges. Instead, we get idiotic rules enforced in assembly line circumstances, with no right to challenge or object.
Are we supposed to put up with this crap forever? What comes next? I'll tell you - whatever damnfool thing seems logical to the TSA bureaucrats, without regard for reason or common sense. This sort of relentless extension of regulation is inherent in bureaucratic organizations, and needs to be brought under control.
Personally, I think that the profit motive would do a good job of that - put the responsibility for security on the airlines, and let people who want to fly pay for the cost, and vote with their feet by moving to airlines which reflect the customers' level of concern. You prefer the level of security you think is afforded by scans & patdowns? Fly Big Brother Flights. You think that every plane should have 3 armed guards on board? Fly Air Marshall. You think the best thing to do is issue every passenger a box cutter & see what happens to the next guy who tries to blow up a plane with his shoes? It's the Eyes of Texas Airlines for you (and me.)