Originally Posted by matthew330

Apathy has nothing to do with this. This procedure is not government overstepping its bounds for the sake of governmental control. Its about keeping keeping us safe in an area that is currently the #1 prime target of terrorists. Whether or not this procedure is effective, worth the cost, or would be better left in the hands of a private company (with some amount of oversight from the government) is debatable. But I need to get from here to there, air travel is the only way to do it and this is an effort at making sure my plane is blown up on the way. Not one single one of my individual liberties is threatened here. Its hysteria to suggest it is.

That this procedure has been put in place and hasn't affected my travel time wise or delay wise, I'm happy with. Some fuckin group of protesters start doing that....I"m going to have an issue and my generally relaxed temper will be tested.

I have heard that there is some consideration to exempting muslim women from this new procedure. That bothers me.

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an afterthought, i'll feel my individual liberties are being threated when TSA employee toothless sally with a note pad starts asking me for pictures of my family, what I had for breakfast yesterday, or anything that has nothing to do with why I'm travelling.

As it is, this screening is nothing more than a moment in time whose purpose is clearly security driven.