{"id":7332,"date":"2005-03-29T07:51:02","date_gmt":"2005-03-29T14:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/03\/29\/pat-pat.html"},"modified":"2005-03-29T07:51:02","modified_gmt":"2005-03-29T14:51:02","slug":"pat_pat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/03\/29\/pat_pat.html","title":{"rendered":"Pat-pat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though I believe that pat-downs of folks during security screenings should be kept to a minimum, and while there have been some cases (or at least allegations) of improper conduct during such pat-downs, I find by the same token I have very little sympathy for those folks who take offense at the very concept <\/em>of a pat-down<\/a>, or at the thought <\/em>that they might be considered a possible threat and be patted down during secondary screening.<\/p>\n

“I was really patted down everywhere,” Ginzkey said about her recent flight to Denver. “You do feel like your privacy is being invaded.”<\/p>\n

[…] “I was told to spread my arms and legs, and they patted down every inch of me. I found it offensive,” Imansepahi said. “I’m offended by a perfect stranger placing a hand between my breasts and under my breast.”<\/p>\n

[…] “I don’t think they should touch you. It’s a little gross,” Rague said.<\/p>\n

Grow up, people.<\/p>\n

That all said, the new technologies (hand-held explosive sniffers) and policies (skipping pat-downs in cases of form-fitting clothing) being considered should reduce the number of searches needed. And, yes, that’s a good thing.<\/p>\n

But I’d rather run a little risk of being offended than of having someone smuggle explosives onto a plane because they counted on offense-avoidance protecting them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though I believe that pat-downs of folks during security screenings should be kept to a minimum, and while there have been some cases (or at least allegations) of improper conduct…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeland-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25687,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/23\/pat-downs-privilege-and-posturing.html","url_meta":{"origin":7332,"position":0},"title":"Pat-Downs, Privilege, and Posturing","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 23-Jan-12 9:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Yeah, despite the hilarity, the whole \"Rand Paul was detained by the TSA\" story sounded just too good to be true. 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