Originally Posted by
average_passenger
It's not a scare tactic. How many adult men would want to be patted down by a suspected pedophile? I'm pretty sure most college guys would freak out!! I know the ones that I'm friends with would!! I may be wrong but I thought pedophiles were not even supposed to be in a area near children (park, playground, or school yard) or have a job that involves children being around.
To be fair, TSA couldn't have possibly known this guy was a pedophile, so no one could've prevented him from performing in that job function for that reason.
The real issue here is that people like that are given free-reign access to all of our bodies unquestioned. The whole body imaging and sliding pat downs just need to stop.