Originally Posted by
eyecue
An athletic cup is neither a prosthetic or a medical device. IT is not any of the other things like sanitary napkins, depends and the like. Crotch enhancers? Is there such a thing other that a roll of tube socks? This whole subject is bordering on hysteria without foundation. I perform these searches daily and you people are mistaken as to what it entails. I am willing to bet that none of you have had one done.
Eyecue, while I do appreciate the beating that you TSOs choose to take on this board by defending the TSA's actions, I wholeheartedly disagree that this is "hysteria without foundation".
Fondling "sensitive areas", as the TSA so casually likes to call fondling of any already mentioned private body parts is just plain disgusting and warrants the reactions expressed.
Some people just say, take the scan then. Well, some of us don't want X-rays. Even if that was done away with, we have the whole secrecy of the images and their true resolution and zoom capabilities. Then, even if that is finally published, we have things like the former FSD of BOI Doug Melvin to worry about
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http://www.kboi2.com/news/6121256.html
Now, the same agency who had a perv FSD in place wants people to believe that naked viewing in secret porn booths is acceptable? While this FSD's sex act was done in a hotel, I think any reasonable person could deduce its possible in fact that some sicko perv will eventually masturbate in a TSA nudie booth. It's really not far fetched nor unbelievable. That combined with X-rays is why we will always opt out. Given that, the "choice" of a grape session allows us to at least look into the eyes of the perpetrator of our grape session while they fondle our "sensitive areas"
. It is the lesser of two distinct and disgusting evils.
With this being the only "choice" for us, that is reason I thought I'd check into what will happen if one chooses to wear something that puts a good layer between "sensitive areas" and the grapist.