After 32 years on the job as a flight attendant, not to mention being a breast cancer survivor, a North Carolina woman says airport screeners went too far when they told her to remove her prosthetic breast during a recent pat-down.
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The pat-downs and x-ray screeners are the stupidest things I have ever heard of. The airlines will start having more severe financial problems due the the large numbers of people who will choose NOT to fly, me being one of them!! This is an invasion of privacy. There has to be a better way to detect terrorists!
ReplyDeleteYou know, people complained that security was too loose when 9/11 came about, now that the TSA is trying to eliminate any possibility of Air Terrorism people have an issue with it. Maybe the airlines should start providing "terrorist free" and "terrorist permitted" flights. On the "terrorist free" flight, all passengers will be subjected to the strictest security measures while the "terrorist permitted" flight passengers will be subjected to the traditional metal detector screening.
ReplyDeleteI'll bare all to get on the terrorist free flights while the rest of you whiners can hop on board with the terrorists.
Breast cancer survivor or not (lucky for her, she was in fact a survivor, bless her), ANYBODY can be a potential terrorist. I'd rather be safe than sorry.
I think they have a much bigger problem coming at them.
ReplyDeleteIf you are a male and you "touch" a female in an inappropriate place, you are a SEX OFFENDER - vice versa for female touching male.
This is about to go a step further and it won't matter even if they have the same sex patting you down.
This is SO not cool!
While I agree that we do need major security measures - these pat downs are not the answer, IMO. The body screeners were fine for me until I learned that YES, they can have the images hacked or release them themselves! Just wait - there are going to be famous people, wealthy people and the like stalked and intimidated and possibly bribed with those scans!
Wow - I just am in awe over all this - there HAS to be a better way!
had this been a "we found a terrorist with explosives in a fake bra." no one wouldve reported it. again, dont like it, dont fly!
ReplyDeleteThe government doesn't care about protecting us; just take a look at all of their "failures" (OK City, WTC 1993, 911, etc). They are complete failures
ReplyDeleteThey want to CONTROL us, and forcing us to strip search is a form of total mind control. They are instituting a Police State and it very much resembles Nazi Germany.
I think everyone should have to go through x-ray machine. The thought of this woman having to show her prosthetic breast is ridiculous. Plus the pat down of a small child last week. It only makes sense. Then it eliminates the need for them to touch you unless it is necessary.
ReplyDeletei have no problem with scanning and pat downs
ReplyDeletewhat i have a problem with are the people they are targeting.
we NEED to profile. if 99% of terroists are muslims, then 99% of muslims coming though get the enhanced treatment
profiling works, we are just too wusified to do it. people are too lawsuit crazy.
true story 107. but the aclu would have a field day with that.
ReplyDeleteThen don't fly, very simple.
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ReplyDeleteThen the terrorists have won haven't they.
If a terrorist blows up his junk while in the TSA line, then we'll move the scanners to every airport entrance? Or if there is a car bomb in the parking lot, then we'll be forced to get out of the car and be searched just to drop off grandma at the airport? The terrorists know we'll spend a gadzillion dollars to try to swat a mosquito. Government loves to create bureaucracy. What a toxic and sickening combination of evils.
ReplyDeleteWhat I sincerely want to know is where are the '60s free spirits who would have been outraged 40 years ago by this government intrusion into their lives? Buying an airline ticket is not probable cause for me to be violated. Period.