Look stud, I'm all for deep cavity searches, hell I practice deep cavity surveyance every other day of the week with my partner.
My issue with the entire thing is that it violates the 4th amendment of the constitution. What I'm trying to figure out is whether traveling on an airliner alone gives implied consent to such searches or whether the government has deemed it an exigent circumstance calling for necessary searches to protect the greater good and lives of the people.
I find it strange that so many Americans fail to use the constitution to their own defense.
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The 4th amendment guards us against ILLEGAL searches and seizures in homes, places of business... etc I do not think you can extrapolate this to boarding a plane in the post 9-11 world. There is nothing ILLEGAL about screening all travelers for bombs, guns etc for the purposes of security and prevention. The screening means are spelled out perfectly clear, there are no surprises... if you aren't comfortable with them, you aren't forced to fly. No one is being forced to undergo this. If you wish to fly, you will be subjected to the screening means of the time, which certainly seems like implied consent to me. Same with when you go into a concert, and they make the women (or you lol) open up your pocket books, and they are searched... Or when you walk into a courthouse and to enter, they force you to walk through a metal detector.
Flying isn't a constitutional right, it is a LUXURY. If you have problems with where the screening process is headed, you do NOT have to fly. Take a train, boat, car or walk. etc
I went through the new scanner last week in El Paso... You stand in the machine for less than 7 seconds with your hands above your head, then you walk through... big deal.
And before anyone whines about radiation exposure, I did my homework. The amount of radiation exposure that you are subjected to in this scanner is LESS than the amount of radiation you are exposed to by 2 minutes on the flight (Yes you are exposed to radiation while flying...) Roughly 10-50x less than the amount of radiation you are exposed to by a CAT scan of the chest.
