It's hard to think of a procedure that would encourage more disrespect and fear of government, its personnel and policies than the aggressive pat down. It's cl

It's hard to think of a procedure that would encourage more disrespect and fear of government, its personnel and policies than the aggressive pat down. It's clearly meant as intimidation. Your government disrespects you so much that it will subject you to a humiliating experience to intimidate you into accepting a different humiliating experience. When my government shows me this much disrespect and intimidation, I start to wonder whether they're serving my needs, and whose needs they really are serving. This is thuggery, and the only difference between the aggressive pat down, and slapping me in the face until I agree to go in the scanner, is in degree, not in kind.