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So I suppose some of y'all have heard about the New, Improved, Now With More Privacy Invasion TSA airport security stuff?
http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/pnc-minnesota-rape-survivor-devastated-by-tsa-enhanced-pat-down.html
http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/tsa-meets-resistance-new-pat-down-procedures
I don't feel it's at all right to be made to choose between one's mental health (in the case of those with sexually-related traumas, or other possible psychological issues with this one could imagine, beyond the run-of-the-mill discomfort) and one's physical health (ionizing radiation concerns) just to board an aircraft. Fortunately I don't have to make the choice about whether I will or won't allow this to affect my willingness to travel by air until next February or so (I am tentatively planning to go to New Hampshire at the end of April - not a place I can realistically get to by train). But![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
imagosdawn made this great comment (in a locked post, but posted here with permission) which I don't think I can add anything to:
Don't let them win by not flying and not voicing your (appropriate) concern. We don't need to be the loudest voice --just be the smartest and most persistent. Policies can be changed if enough people speak up.
Rosa Parks did not say 'I will no longer take the bus.'
(See also her blog post here: http://cybercoven.org/wordpress/?p=1476)
http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/pnc-minnesota-rape-survivor-devastated-by-tsa-enhanced-pat-down.html
http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/tsa-meets-resistance-new-pat-down-procedures
I don't feel it's at all right to be made to choose between one's mental health (in the case of those with sexually-related traumas, or other possible psychological issues with this one could imagine, beyond the run-of-the-mill discomfort) and one's physical health (ionizing radiation concerns) just to board an aircraft. Fortunately I don't have to make the choice about whether I will or won't allow this to affect my willingness to travel by air until next February or so (I am tentatively planning to go to New Hampshire at the end of April - not a place I can realistically get to by train). But
imagosdawn made this great comment (in a locked post, but posted here with permission) which I don't think I can add anything to:Don't let them win by not flying and not voicing your (appropriate) concern. We don't need to be the loudest voice --just be the smartest and most persistent. Policies can be changed if enough people speak up.
Rosa Parks did not say 'I will no longer take the bus.'
(See also her blog post here: http://cybercoven.org/wordpress/?p=1476)