No more flying for me.

[andsaca369]

Imagine that. The TSA is taking "security measures" too fucking far.

Actively molesting passengers doesn't make anybody safer, you overreacting, controlling fucks. Not flying anymore until this goes the fuck away, because I refuse to be victimized in the name of "safety".

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[doe_witch]

Yeah pretty much.

I know I don't have a choice about flying for the honeymoon unless we could sail BOTH ways, but outside of that I'm so done, I'm so so so so so SO done.

[andsaca369]

I'm really hoping that a whole buttload of people elect not to fly. Eventually pressure from, especially, the tourist industry, will either force the TSA to stop being abusive fucks, or force money into fixing up and expanding passenger rail.

I mean, the infrastructure is already there. Rich bastards like Flagler blew massive wads of dough over a hundred years ago to make sure of it, and all it would take is a bit of updating, with expansion into places not yet serviced by the main railway arteries, and we'd have a first-class, nationwide, passenger rail system which, frankly, would boost tourism, make us far more energy efficient, and create jobs across the board. Gotta have people to run the trains, after all, and work in the depots, and handle baggage, and maintain the lines and cars...

I'm just sayin'.

[ex_logospil]

*shudders in horror*

I already found the whole airport security procedure to be a distressing ordeal... But this is too much. No, I do not want to go through such a thing... No.

[andsaca369]

I don't blame you, not one little bit. I won't be doing it either, and I'm fairly stalwart. I refuse to be part of a little slice of public pornography, however. It's pointless and frankly abusive.

The airlines are going to start losing a lot of money over this, more than they already are, and they'll start putting pressure on the bureaucracies at the top. This rule won't stay.

And if it does, like I said above: maybe it'll finally provide impetus to refurbish and expand our railways. The infrastructure exists; it could be Obama's Tennessee Valley Project (hopefully without the controversies)- provide jobs for the unemployed building something incredibly useful and necessary, and continue to provide jobs after it's built, because there will be a need for people to run and maintain the railroad.

If he had to do it through industries, well. There's precedent for that already. Hello, bailouts.

[andsaca369]

Ack. Got my politics all over this. ;)

[ex_logospil]

*laughs* 'Tis all right, most beloved... It is such a crazy situation. I am just starting to recover from the horror of this whole thing.

And I so agree with you and flutepicc... I would refuse to this to other people. I could not do this to other people.

[andsaca369]

I'm not offended. I'm joining you in regretful crossing-off of lists. :( No Cons for me for a while, I'm afraid.

[flutepicc]

I'm not even sure what to say... I'm honestly sick at the thought of this happening to anyone at all, let alone someone for whom it brings back memories of such a traumatic experience. Or children? What if a parent did refuse to put their child through the scanner??

And on the other side of things, what are security officers supposed to do if they object to measures this extreme? I could never make myself do something that was obviously that traumatic to someone... or even think about applying this to children... I'm sure there are people who have lost jobs because they are too respectful and decent to go this far.

I am absolutely disgusted.

[andsaca369]

We've yet to see the real ongoing consequences of this. I don't know what penalties are in place for security officers who aren't comfortable molesting people as a part of their job, but I would certainly be one of them.

[ajat]

This sounds completely disgusting. I hope the process is changed soonest. On one hand, ionizing radiation, on the other, public groping. Ugh.