Originally Posted by
jphripjah
What do you want it to do? Ignore anomalies on the x ray machine and forego pat downs if the passenger claims to have mental health issues and an aversion to being touched? That's not reasonable.
I can only answer your rhetorical question by replying that I don't accept the premise. I'm opposed to the use of X-Ray scanners and to those falsely named "pat downs" that are actually custodial-style searches.
I don't believe submitting to one or the other - or both - enhances the safety of the traveling public to any meaningful degree but I believe their presence as standard operating procedure is a dreadful incursion on the rights of Americans.
YMMV.