Thursday, November 25, 2010

How can you feel violated by airport security?

A friend's facebook status update and comments (I also know those who wrote the first three responses, the fifth response is mine):
I haven't flown recently, but I don't understand why people are so upset about the pat downs and body scanners at the airport. It's for safety! If you've ever had a gynecological or prostate exam, how can you feel violated by airport security? Is there anybody out there who's been through it that can explain?
  • I don't get what the big deal is either. I was scanned twice in the last week and it took about 5 seconds. I didn't feel violated.
  • agreed...
  • ~ I get scanned AND the pat down EVERY time I fly becauseI have metal in my body...I just wish that I had my choice of people to pat me down - like maybe a cute marine...
  • I agree with you, Jen. Actually, I feel worse for the people DOING the pat-downs than the ones GETTING them!! Yuck!!
  •      Anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of security knows that anything the TSA does is not for security, it is for control.
         Anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of common decency or God given human rights would be concerned over either procedure.

This country is a lost cause.
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5 comments:

  1. XorpNovember 25, 2010 at 9:33 AM

    We are doomed.

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  2. XorpNovember 25, 2010 at 10:26 AM

    They sound like a fun bunch, you don't even have to buy them dinner to see them naked.

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  3. RobNovember 25, 2010 at 10:55 AM

    I agree; as a country we are doomed.

    And thanks for reminding me why I avoid Facebook like the plague. I tried it for a little while, but it was full of dreck and idiotic comments like the ones cited above.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2011 at 1:51 AM

    nuts....these hatred of airline security...nuts...you go to Europe and these procedures (hand wand metal detecting and pat downs) have been going on since I first traveled Europe in 1997. I always wondered why our security was such a joke and so lax...thankfully, it has gotten better. The only thin that dooms you is this paranoid waste of time..anarchy and fear of everything not in YOUR control. Get a hobby.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2011 at 1:54 AM

    bahahaha..and yeah sure the whole lot of ppl on fb and in the world are crazy and the 7 or so of you are the sane and smart ones. what a crock; if you yourselves really believe that you are lost causes. what an empty life. get out of your shells and see the world and live a bit. stop being the island of misfits toys! LOL!

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