[general_re]

A search is not "consensual" if it is forced upon you.

No search is being forced upon you. You are free to refuse to be searched at any point during the boarding process.

[Travis McGee]

If some cretin in a security uniform feels free to grab my wife's breasts in front of a line of people in an airport, I am going to feel free to throw that cretin over the xray machine to the next concourse.

And when I get out of jail, I might start digging up the serious iron.

That is where this lunacy is taking us.

[exodus]

A search is not "consensual" if it is forced upon you.

To: exodus
No search is being forced upon you. You are free to refuse to be searched at any point during the boarding process.
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If a man points a gun at you, and says "Give me your money or I'll shoot you," you're not forced to give him your money because you could always say "no."

A parent tells a child, "If you don't come into the house, you'll be sorry!" The kid's not forced to come inside, he can always say "no."

I'm not being facetious. It's only a matter of degree from what you're saying.

A man who's livelihood depends on air travel has no choice. He must fly, or give up his job.

If I have a three day vacation in Hawaii, the ONLY way I can go is if I fly to Hawaii. Any other method is impossible.

Force is force, whether a "little" force, or a big one.