Well, I refuse to be irradiated, but I'm still willing to fly at this point and see how the grope goes.
My wife is taking several trips next month, we'll see what she experiences, that may change my mind, but I'm more inclined to let them pat me down and then file a complaint afterwards... I'm not afraid of psychological scarring...
I think my tipping point would be is if I felt like the TSA feeler had a sexual or motive or experience in their touch. Right now I see them as low-wage earners just doing what they are told...
Employees do all kinds of bad or demeaning things to keep their jobs, and I hope they file sexual harrassment suits against TSA for being forced to do this, but in the meantime, I can understand why they don't want to be fired...
However, there is a difference between reluctantly doing their job and getting off on it. If I think they are having a good time, I will call them on it and make it an issue.
I would hate to think that I wouldn't travel all because some a-hole thinks it's a good idea to feel my privates, that's like hiding inside, and as humans we shouldn't let that happen, and as "americans", it should be against our nature...
If the British tried to do this to us in 1775, we'd have revolted over this, and time may pass, but it doesn't change, our government is abusing us right now, and we need to stand up to it, before it happens to us, while it happens to us, and after it happens to us...
Right now I don't have kids, if I had kids, I might stop flying though... they don't have the psychological skills to handle inappropriate touching.