posted on Apr, 11 2011 @ 09:19 AM
I understand the frustration...sort of.
I just traveled abroad and when we got back the entire line of people were forced to go through the back scatter machine. I was the only one (and I
forced my wife) to NOT go through it and opt out. I did it for two reasons. What if the hype about the dangers of the back scatter is true...and I
wanted to see just how aggressive the pat down is.
I'm pretty laid back so getting "aggressively" patted down doesn't bug me.
So here's the deal...it wasn't that bad. The guy that did it would repeatedly warn me before he got near sensitive areas and he handled it with
grace. No one, and I mean no one, acted like I was a terrorist for wanted to opt out of the back scatter. In fact, to be honest, I was treated with
respect and as much dignity as possible.
So here's the other deal...and I know so many of you will be bothered by this just because of the nature of this site...it wasn't bad for my wife
either. I watched it happen and it was respectful and no big deal. I know this is hard to hear for some of you, but I honestly even felt a little
safer knowing this was happening.
The final nail in the coffin for you that are already getting ready to reply to my words and call me a shill or a disinfo agent is this: I have a 2
year old son and him getting patted down would not bother me.
Sure, it's sad and sometimes wrenching to see this children on these videos crying and saying they don't like it...but then again my kid does that
(even worse in fact) when I tell him it's night night time. A kid saying he/she doesn't like something doesn't necessarily mean something "wrong"
is happening to them. In the same way that shoes are accepted as a requirement for my son to go outside, getting patted down can be a requirement for
us to fly anywhere.
Rewatch the video. There was no groping. The woman wasn't making sexual noises of pleasure as she patted the kid down. This was done professionally.
To sensationalize it by calling it groping virtually makes you the same type of "journalist" that all of us hate.
Here's my assumption: Most of you that are freaking out over being aggressively patted down have NEVER experienced it or even seen it first hand.
I'm also going to step out on a limb and say a lot of the people freaking out over their child being frisked probably don't have kids.
Listen, before you hate me, I understand that this site is primarily here to talk about conspiracy and "truth" and normally I'm all for protesting
the government's actions....but let's be fair about it. This is not groping and if you have experienced it yourself then you know that for a fact.