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Refusing these searches is important even if pat-downs are considered more intrusive. If we all do this, and the machines sit idle; eventually they will be remo
by johngalt 16y ago
Refusing these searches is important even if pat-downs are considered more intrusive. If we all do this, and the machines sit idle; eventually they will be removed.
- tptacek 16y agoThe machines are never going anywhere; the government invested zillions of dollars in them after the underpants bomber. Too many career civil servants would lose their jobs if they got sidelined. But you're right: things will improve if most people refuse the strip search; the TSA will get better at pretending to screen the opt-outs, and the machines won't matter anymore.
- Alex3917 16y agoThe government invests billions of dollars in lots of projects that get sidelined. Just look at Afghanistan.
- jamesseda 16y agoWait until some politician's daughter's "scan" shows up in public.
- cynicalkane 16y agoFrom what I have heard, career civil servants don't often lose their jobs.
- tptacek 16y agoOne of the reasons for that is that civil service selects for people who are ultra conservative and sensitive about job security, and therefore are unlikely to allow a failed project to actually fail.