What would happen if ten thousand passengers were to show up at Logan and say NO. History teaches that Government derives it’s most power from unwarrented intrusions into the lives of people and thier justification is always “It is For Your Own Good”…. The Majority will always follow the Judas Sheep to the slaughter.It is always the minority asserting themselves that brings about the changes. History always shows the minority to have been right when viewed through the prism of time that shows the concerns were mindless hysteria.

Every terrorist so far has been a young, male, Arab, Muslim. Why are we molesting nuns, old women, old men, and children. The terrorists have accomplished a goal, disrupt travel in the U.S.

What is wrong with all of these people?! If these people do “protest”, who does it hurt? The airline? NO! TSA? NO! It only hurts their fellow passengers – and as a fellow passenger I would REALLY resent how THEY inconvenienced me – NOT the airline and not the TSA!! Do you know what else I would resent? That if the TSA caves and gives in to these people I would take that to mean that other people’s “inconvenience” is more important than my safety! When you are out in public, there is no such thing as a “right to privacy” – add the fact that you are boarding a PUBLIC plane – NO RIGHT to privacy – SAFETY should be more important. One last thing – you can BET that if the TSA does give in and if, God forbid, something happens, these same people would be one of the first to blame the TSA for not doing enough to keep passengers safe! Time to put your big boy/girl pants on and suck it up – the world has changed and the United States needs to change with it.

These potential protestors are nothing but selfish idiotic morons that don’t care about anyone but themsleves! Flying is a privelage and is optional! You don’t like it then DON’T FLY! As far as I’m concerned they can walk. I promise then they will be undisturbed….

Many of you supporting the use of full body scans are making the assumption that they will improve our safety on flights from explosive devices, similar to those used last Christmas. However, this device is unreliable at detecting items of similar or lower density than our clothing (e.g., see here: http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Full-body_scanners_at_airports#Effectiveness:_Are_fully-body_scans_an_effective_tool_to_counter_terrorism.3F). Therefore, it seems that this invasion of personal privacy doesn’t buy us much additional safety, when it comes to devices commonly used by terrorists.
It would seem to be the challenge to find a device that both increases safety against such devices, and does not invade privacy. As stated in the link above, there are ‘puffer’ devices that can detect explosive chemicals, and do not invade privacy. Plus we could completely take-advantage of one of nature’s best chemical detectors: a dog’s nose! For example, the Russians have bred a ‘super bomb detector’ dog (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulimov_Dog) that would be much more fun to have running around airports, and would accomplish the task much more effectively than intrusive full body scans.
My point: safety doesn’t have to come at a price to individual privacy. This device seems ineffective at reducing the ‘types’ of attacks we’ve seen in the past.

the national media have contributed more to the possible disruption of air travel today than protesting passengers! Obviously some people don’t like the screening process, and they have the right to take a bus or train, but the vast majority of people would rather fly safely than worry about being blown up. You can bet if any of the 3,000 victims of 9/11 could express their opinion about this issue they would be all for it. The TSA should immediately refuse boarding to disruptive passengers and the State Police should escort them from the terminals.

Enough is enough! When I saw the video of a little boy with his shirt off as the TSA inspector felt his body up and down… I was appalled!

I’m the “Cindy” who posted earlier on here and I needed to say this – the people who are threatening to “protest” – do they remember 9/11? I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing. I was watching a morning show and it cut to the Twin Towers live. I kept waiting for Bruce Willis to show up saying something like “and that was a scene from my newest movie” and as soon as I realized that it was real I started calling my two sons on the phone. One was in his first year at Hofstra University (on Long Island and they could see the Twin Towers from certain dorm room windows) and the other was in the Navy. I could not reach either one so I left voice mails for both of them. Finally my son at Hofstra called and said “Uh, Mom, what is going on?” (I will NEVER forget those words) and I had to fill him in with everything that I knew up to that point. My other son didn’t call me back until late afternoon and proceeded to tell me how everyone was walking around with guns – big guns and little guns – carrying and in holsters (just what a Mom needs to hear).

And now I hear about these idiots crying and whining about security measures at airports?! What do they have to hide since they are afraid of going through the body scanners?!

These protesters should just be herded into a room, or outside in the parking lot, if there’s that many of them, and TSA can pat them down as time permits. If there’s a backlog & they miss a few flights, oh well, that was their decision. Those who are willing to play by the rules and go through scanners shouldn’t be held up by people like that & should get first priority. That being said, I really don’t like the whole pat down & frisk thing going on; but I understand the reasons for it – Foremost safety & security of passengers. For those who think it’s all just BS, think back to 9/11, as well as the thwarted attempts that have been made since then. Of course, there’s always buses, trains & any other form of mass transportation where the same thing could happen….

That’s ridiculous only because by making this a day of anguish for many these protesters will do more harm then good. What should be done is what Israel does. Profile. Oh i know it’s not political correct but neither was the bombing of the Twin Towers either.

go to other countries first like isreal and then tell me how bad we have it

stop all the whining and deal with it if you dont like the security procedure DONT FLY AT ALL

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Come on folks. The x-ray takes a moment or two and you’re on your way. The person who sees the image is not even in the same are of the airport so they aren’t seeing you and you aren’t seeing them-at least not the ones I have been through.. If you’re really that upset about going thru the screening, you probably are unhappy about something else to begin with. Get a life and get on with it.

it’s amazing how many sheep have commented here…

What I don’t think you people realize is that alot of people are just relinquishing everything in the guise of “safety”.

What if they decided the best way to be secure was to fly in your underwear? Would that be fine too?

If I didn’t like the rules then I would take a train or bus or I would drive. It’s the same for everyone else, if you don’t like the rules – DON’T FLY!

Maybe I’m being selfish because I want everyone to arrive at their destinations safely but isn’t it better to be safe than sorry?! The pat down I would not want to do – too personal and “in your face” but the body scan? Just show me where to stand and how to “pose” and I’m there.

@Tina, ummm no I didn’t say ‘by nature of posting here you should be considered sheep’ but nice straw man…

Also Tina – who exactly makes ‘the rules’ and who/what is in charge of making sure that the rules are just?

Don’t forget, not every ‘rule’ is right (ie: slavery, certain genders/ethnicities being unable to vote, etc).

I don’t think that ANYONE is suggesting that air travel should be completely unfettered…stop it with the red herrings and focus on what the real issue is here.

By the way, for all of you who are more than happy to be x-rayed multiple times…can you point me at the un-biased medical studies that prove no health risks to x-ray exposure? Especially when you consider that the x-ray machines are NOT going to have qualified x-ray technicians maintaining them?

Bomb-sniffing dogs would be the most effective/least-intrusive security method IMO…if airlines handled their own security this is what they would most likely do, IMO…but hey, it’s SO much easier to erode civil liberties at the federal level than to do what is actually effective…

Food for thought:

“I believe one of the most serious misunderstandings about totalitarianism is that
it arrives as a full package that requires no assembly. That it … is put on the people, like a winter coat. All at one time, and in full view for all to see.This is a grave misunderstanding.” – Robert Wenzel

What it comes down to is that the TSA is trying to keep all of us travelers safe – and for some reason certain people don’t want to do whatever it takes to help keep us safe. I’m proud of the fact that most Americans are going along with the scans (probably because they are faster and less intrusive) instead of acting like children and having temper tantrums and saying non no no. We ALL should be willing to do whatever it takes to keep ourselves and our fellow passengers safe – some very selfish people are not – and it’s those people that I’m really suspicious of.

@Tina – thanks for sharing your opinion (seriously) but maybe you should think about what you’re saying: so, people who question what a government agency does are only acting like children/having tantrums AND all gov’t actions are only meant to ‘keep us safe’?

Wonder how the people who were infected with syphilis in Tuskeegee, or the people of Iran (after their democratically-elected leader was deposed), or even the citizens of Germany during WWII feel about that concept?

Again – from what I’ve seen, NO one is saying that air travel should be unfettered…however, there are some serious civil/constitutional/corruption issues at the heart of this matter – anyone who claims to not see that has either not done the reading or is intellectually unable to process the facts (or has something to gain by supporting the corruption).

There is a better (and, more American) way to handle security for air travel…

more food for thought:

“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”

Edward Abbey

Join the new Meetup group to boycott air travel until the TSA is disbanded.

http://www.meetup.com/National-Boycott-of-Airline-Travel-2011/