<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tsadude:
I will have to disagree on one point. That old usable system cost the lives of thousands. Why it did not happen prior to 911 who knows because most security experts have been talking about how lax it was for years. If you do not want to be screened because you feel violated there are many other means of travel. I do not think some of you are thinking realistically. The world is shrinking with technology. That's a fact. You will probably be dead by the time Big Brother has a serious grip. Other countries are far off worse.</font>
The old system did not cause those people to lose their lives unless you mean because boxcutters were allowed on the planes. The new system is a joke. The big holes in security still exist because over a year as been spent on searching for harmless metal objects rather than doing something about those areas.
The only people thinking unrealistically are the bozos in charge of this mess and the screeners they have brainwashed to think it is good. Please don't tell me I can travel by other means. I'll continue to fly and I'll put up with this BS as much as I need to and I'll continue to write letters and voice my concerns.