I prefer the latter because I find the low odds of being a victim of a crime or, in this case, a terror attack, doesn't justify the almost guaranteed harassment by our own government.
I don't mind my luggage being screened - what I don't like is when I'm treated like luggage.
In one word - dehumanizing.
Where do you draw the line?
How does the quote go: those who give up freedom for a moment of security diserve neither freedom or security.
So, how many dangerous extremists has TSA saved us from again?
You hit on the real danger. The odds of becoming a crime victim are relatively low. The odds of being abused by thugs with badges approach 100% long before people notice.
Safety has always been the rallying cry of tyrants. Never let a good crisis go to waste...
Maintain your dignity and buy your own plane.
Or get in line.
Do what the Israelis do. PROFILE.
I was the recipient of one of the “More intimate” patdowns when I traveled last November. The TSA agent actually was very apologetic and you could tell he REALLY didn’t want to conduct it.
Their body scatter imager showed “hits” near my waist and right thigh. I had absolutely NOTHING metal or even hard plastic on me (very conscientious when I travel). Makes me want to demand they do a strip-search right there in the security area so everyone is embarrassed.
Seriously - the machines are messed up.
Can I request the pat down to be performed by a female?
a more through pat down while still missing 90 percent of the guns, knives and explosives - this should make fliers far safer ...
Okay, where do I apply?
I fly regularly for work, and the TSA is one of many reasons I detest the presidency of GWB. It’s nothing more than a security theatre union jobs program for criminals.
I will be adjusting and timing my diet to produce maximum flatulence for high-output cropdusting while at the checkpoints. If they insist on touching my junk, they’re gonna need a gas mask.
No Worries, just have William Jefferson Blythe Clinton, the Hillbilly Whorehopper of Hot Springs, Arkansas, just have him and lookalikes perform the pat downs. All the liberal women will enjoy it, and all the whipped liberal men will put up with it to demonstrate just how much they miss Billy Jeff.
As a practicing heterosexual can I demand to only be patted down by females?
If where I have to go is 400 miles or less, I drive.
If where I have to go is 400 miles or more, I drive further.
Everyone should tell TSA: Touch my junk and I’ll knock you out. It is time to end this nonsense. And this could be fake news, but I stand by my assertion.
Nobody can say that they weren’t warned.
I haven’t flown in 15 years. I have no plans to fly.
#5, there’s another solution: AMTRAK. Amtrak is ready when you are. I know, I know, for some reason we on the right are supposed to be pulling for Amtrak’s elimination, but consider that on the train, there’s no sitting 3 abreast, no removing shoes, no TSA, carry on whatever you want,ride comfortably and cheaply, and arrive in the city center vs way out in the countryside like Dulles or others. Money talks. If we take the train vs the plane in enough numbers to get the airlines’ attention (which could start happening) you can bet DHS will start hearing about it from them and something will get done. Our crotches are not where people carry weapons anyhow, are they? Common sense,TSA, common sense!
I thought my last TSA “massage” was more comprehensive.
I prefer a security system a la El Al, where they rigorously profile and know who to thoroughly screen/pat down, and who is low threat and who is not worth spending much time with.
80 year old middle America grandmothers would very, very rarely make the cut.
So I shouldn’t put a potato in my underwear.