The worst of the worst seems to get posted on FT. Until I got GE and pre-check, I refused to go through the backscatter machines. I was routinely patted down.

1. You do realize that it is always by a person of the same gender, don't you?

2. I have never had someone come close to my private parts. The breast pat down was always with the back of the hand, and only on the underside of my breast.

No, I didn't particularly like it, but I think the worst examples get broadcast so much that one expects that is the norm.

There is simply too much paranoia out there. Both from people who are scared of terrorists and from people who dislike government pat downs.