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Attack on the TSA from the far left

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Velvet Elvis11/23/2010 3:22:09 pm PST

re: #62 Gus 802

A) They’re not victims and are only victims of their own ignorance if they refuse to go through the AIT scanner which leads to a pat down search which lead to B) they are not being blackmailed because everyone going to the airport knows this coming in.

Sometimes air travel is a necessity either for work or family reasons. It’s unreasonable to expect people to opt out simply because they don’t like having their junk groped, though I do expect this to put a sizable dent in airline profits if it doesn’t change soon.

Not every elects for the “pat down” many people are forced to take that option because of pins and screws implanted in their body or other artifacts of medical procedures. Others are forced to do the patdown simply because they forgot to take something out of their pockets when they walked through the scanner. It is NOT only done to people who opt out of the scan. In many instances it’s “get the grope or don’t fly.”