nbenyo: “People want to fly safely. They will support this policy until they are presented with a credible alternative.
Berating TSA agents as thugs and perverts is NOT a credible alternative.”
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This whole TSA mess is not effective and will NOT protect people from terrorist attack. There is no justification for you defending it and attacking other FReepers who oppose it.
When these agents slip their hands down someone’s underwear, yes, they are thugs and perverts.
Here’s a thread with a video link to a source you’re likely to consider conservative- cnn.
Scanners’ Effectiveness in Question (New “Security” TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2631881/posts
For what it’s worth, I didn’t see obenyo’s post as an attack on us?
Are they really sticking their hands down people’s underpants nowadays, or is it like it’s shown on TV, where they feel the inner thighs up to the groin area, or are they genuinely touching genitals? I’m getting mixed info on what they’re doing, and some of it is probably bogus.
And is it true that they’re only doing the invasive stuff if somebody actually sets off the metal detector?