Originally Posted by
barbell
Except that:
a) most people seem to be willfully ignorant that this stuff is even happening
b) some are gleeful that it is happening to "keep them safe"
c) a certain subset says one "should just follow the rules"
d) the parent cannot be made aware because, well then the terrorists will know the procedures. It is becoming more and more apparent to me that we are the terrorists in TSAs eyes, elsewise, why are these procedures not known?
e) Lots of people know it is happening. They don't think about the details too much (nut chopping, cleft-groping, etc) because that's upsetting. They are confident that it would never happen to them because, well, they don't look like 'terrorists', anyone can see that.
Deep down they think that the folks who are selected somehow deserved it ("If you just smile nicely at the checkpoint, everything will be fine". "You must have done something to make the TSO mad." "I always bla-bla and it never happens to
me, so it must be something about
you".