Originally Posted by
SATTSO
No, not discomfort. It amazes me that people complain, partially, the WBIs are a violation of privacy - but seemingly have no problems forcing a captains auidence to listen to what they want to say. Yeah, I know, it's in public, so people have no expectations of privacy (except, strangly, considering the use of the WBI), but why would a critic of TSA seem to care if they force people who can't go anywhere to have to listen to what they have to say. Make all the claims you want, planning on specifically talking about a specific topic to people you know can't leave is nothing more than an ambush.
Just because I'm in public doesn't mean TSA can use a machine to look under my clothes. There is an expectation of privacy that what is under my clothes is private.
If anyone is setting up an ambush, it's TSA - especially when it's punishing people for opting out.
As a similiar example, last year I was on a subway and we were all packed in there. A man waited to the very end to enter and then waited till the doors closed, and only then started to spout to everyone the evils of this or that. So much for my conversation with my friend, huh? This guy had a right to speak - we were in public - but I had no right not to listen or walk away.
Basically the same thing at the checkpoint.
You can't control the "noise" around you in a given situation. Some of it may even annoy you. That doesn't mean you have to pay attention to it. My kid's very good at pretending not to hear when I yell at him (until he gets in trouble
). You're still free to carry on your conversation. Whether it's someone talking loudly, a jack hammer, or subway noise, you're still free to carry on.
Think about your complaints and apply them to what TSA does. How is it wrong when it's someone else doing it, but ok when TSA does?