do you agree with the new TSA security measures?

[twesterm]

rocketpig said:

twesterm said

Do I care about privacy?  Sure, but there are times I see something as necessary or just not caring.

The person who scans you probably sees thousands of people a day, do you really think they care?  And even if they do care, why should you care?  Just ignore it and get on with it.  It's not a huge deal.  Everyone has issues and a lot of people have body issues (me included, I got a big belly!) but just think of some things as necessary evils.  It's not nearly as big of a deal as people are making it out to be.

And one more time, there's a beyond simple solution if you don't like it: don't fly.

What if they institute these measures on bus, train, and sea travel? There's nothing stopping anyone from doing it.

The "just don't fly" argument doesn't fly. It's a necessary service to get anywhere in the modern world. Just as police aren't allowed to grab your junk without due cause, the TSA should have to abide by those same laws. What the TSA is doing borders on unlawful searching. There's a legitimate reason for people to be upset about this practice.

If it were something as rediculous as if you had to submit to a body scan  to shop at Wal-Mart, I would agree, that's rediculous and not needed but when you fly, you're flying on something that can easily become an extremely dangerous weapon.

If I have to choose between being that much safer or you having to deal with body issues, I'm going to choose being that much safer every time.

Luckily boats and buses while they could be dangerous (OMG Speed!) aren't nearly as dangerous as planes and I agree, putting a full body scanner on a bus would be stupid.  That simply isn't needed and there are better ways to be secure.  For planes though, with people actively trying to turn them into massive weapons, we have to do something.