“We have to search up your thighs and between your legs until we meet resistance,” the TSA officer told Atlantic reporter after he declined a back-scatter. “Resistance?” asked the reporter. “Your testicles,” explained the officer.
The TSA security workers also had a cute name for the back-scatter device:
He called over a colleague. “Tell him what you call the back-scatter,” he said. “The Dick-Measuring Device,” I said. “That’s the truth,” the other officer responded.
Our security is in their hands. Also in their hands? Our privates.
For the First Time, the TSA Meets Resistance [The Atlantic]
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I got one of these pat-downs early this morning and wondered what the hell was going on. I had to empty everything out of my pockets and watched them take my wallet and passport away for screening while the guy felt me up. He was laughing (he said not at me), but I wasn’t too thrilled.
I wonder if we’re allowed to enjoy it? Or make comments to that effect..
Try leering suggestively at the TSA employee before they start. A well timed moan? Perhaps a pelvic thrust?
I daresay, it’s not going to get any better. But on the other hand, I can’t imagine having to do the touchy feelie on an irritated passenger is much fun for them either. I’m willing to bet that this is the real reason why they make the pat down/feel up as upsetting as possible.
If the agent is cute, and I’m not in a rush, I would prefer to be felt up.
First time my “boys” get felt up by TSA, I’ll be calling a police officer and asking for the TSA goon to be arrested for sexual assualt. Sheeple: wake up.
I’ll be opting out of the new technology, and filing complaints on the pat-down. To those who ask what security procedures are acceptable, I don’t think very many of us object to metal detectors and bag scanning. I don’t object to additional random screening, so long as it’s applied reasonably to those who are disabled.
Honestly, I don’t expect the TSA to give me 100% security. I just want them to do a good enough job. I’ll tackle the idiot with the underwear bomb.
It’s time we stopped relying on Big Brother to protect us from ourselves.
What will happen if a male passenger has one of those intimate piercing (aren’t those called “Prince Charles” ?)
Hilarity ensues?
Thanks to Google Images, I stand corrected: it’s a “Prince ALBERT”
Why, then the TSA gets to see Prince Albert and your can.
So this means that I can make the TSA touch my genitals any time I want to, in public, on camera, at my command? THIS IS AWESOME.
These shitheads now have to grope nutsack for a living, and they expect the passengers to be the ones who are feeling humiliated. Wrong, wrong, wrong. It’s our turn to humiliate THEM by making them touch us. This is awesome. We finally have some power back!
If the TSA guy is cute I am sooo opting for the pat-down next time I fly. >:)
Smell that? That’s smell of ecstasy of FEAR in the air. Every day, our government and the media pump millions of metric tons of FEAR into the air we breath. We have become so addicted to FEAR, that we cannot live without it. The terrorists have been winning since day one. To keep winning, all they have to do is make a half-assed effort at bombing something every so often and the FEAR pumping machines go into overtime. As long as FauxNews and the other opinutainment channels thrive, the terrorist will continue to win.
If you haven’t read George Orwell’s 1984 lately (or ever), blow the dust off a copy and read it sometime and you may become enlightened.
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
And you thought coal burning power stations are bad for you.
I’m getting resistance just thinking about it.
I wonder how many TSA employees are on sexual offender lists? Having my junk groped by some perverted dude ain’t cool.
Then again, how many would complain if the TSA groper were a hot chick? You’d probably get fewer complaints.
Son, being touched by anyone when you don’t want to be is simply not enjoyable, regardless of the hotness of said groper.
“Your safety is our priority”. Safety is going too far with these guys.
I really can’t believe that this is allowed where children are concerned… it is nothing short of the Federal Government producing child porn!! I personally object to going through the backscatter machines, but I for DAMN sure will not have my 6- or 15-year old daughters walking through the things, and made naked for a bunch of pervs behind dark glass, that you are INTENTIONALLY kept from seeing. Complete and utter BS, and I don’t know why it is accepted…
Yet another reason to fly yourself.
No dealing with the ticket counter, no stressing out figuring if you have too many ounces of water, and best of all, no TSA.
General Aviation ftw!
http://www.aopa.org/learntofly
Can I fly my 172 from LAX to BOS in 5 hours?
No, but you could in a Cessna Citation or Mustang.
Obviously, if you have a cross-country flight that needs to be completed quickly, you probably don’t have much choice but to fly commercially, unless you can afford something larger than a 172.