I have flown once and never had any problems since 9/11.
Look, if you don't break the rules, you will be fine.
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it...
There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone?
But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt."
Wrong. There are scores of stories of people who weren't breaking the rules and still had to endure bizarre and perverse TSA behavior.
TSA doesn't work. If the terrorists had tried another attack, they would have a 50/50 chance of success if TSA were the only obstacle they faced.
Air Marshalls, armed pilots, and the fact that the passengers are alert to the new realities of hijacking (it's no longer a "wait out the idiot" situation) have a much better chance of thwarting hijackers than confiscating butter knives and feeling up grade schoolers.