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So let me pose you this question:
did going through security checks and whatnot the TSA does make you feel resentful?</font>
No, not in the least. Had they been surly or rude then I would have resented them as I resent most surly or rude people, but as it was there was not one iota of resentment in me.
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Do you feel your rights have been violated?</font>
No, not in the least.
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Try to imagine having refused to be searched - what do you think they're response would have been?
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I imagine they'd have said "fair enough, you don't go on the plane".
Maybe it's because I'm British and so have been used to people wanting to have a look at what's in my bag for years (admittedly, not taking nail scissors is a new one, and I've lost a couple of pairs through 'auto-packing' but hell, they're not expensive and the fact that you can't take nail-scissors in the cabin has to be one of
the most widely publicised facts about the new regulations!)
As to my rights being violated, which right? I don't think I have a right to get on a plane. I think (and please don't rise to this, barrack room lawyers
) that I enter into a contract with an airline whereby I say I'm going to give you £x and you're going to take me from A to B. And as part of that contract they get to ask me to go through metal detectors and whatnot. I know it's part of the deal - where's the problem?
I don't think it's harrassment. And I don't have "negative feelings".
As to your experience, UALOneKPlus, that's plain old managerial incompetence. Of which we encounter far more in the UK that you do in the US, trust me!
All they need is a supply of shoehorns...