Originally Posted by GradGirl
It is none of the government's business if I wear an implanted medical device, have trouble walking, have an intimate area piercing, etc. It is also none of the government's business if I am flying one way, or if there's metal in my shoes. Real threats can and must be identified far away from the airport gates, because aviation is not the only sector at risk. This indecent, inhumane, invasive, repulsive charade should end today.
Actually, it is very much our business as well as the business of the others on the plane. How do we know that a pax alarmed the mag because of their shoes or belt or the countless other tiny pieces of metal they insist is the culprit like bras and wedding rings? Because they say so? How do we know there's not a gun strapped to their thigh or a knife in their sock? What about the person waving their medical card in our face and saying they have a metal knee therefore they shouldn't be screened? We have to clarify that the metal is indeed their knee and not a weapon.