kane

As I said, I don't agree with the pat downs nor the scans, I was just playing devil's advocate.

There are a lot of people saying that their rights are being violated here, I just wonder how. They have chosen to put themselves into that position. A violation of rights would be if they came into your house and searched you or if you were walking down the street, or even driving down the street and they stopped you at random and searched you. Here you are getting on a plane and they have decided that in order to keep the plane safe this is the security measure they are going with. If you choose to partake, you are consenting to the search. If people really are as offended as they say they are (and they aren't) they would be all over their congressional rep and senator to do something about this.

Back when I was a kid and went to a lot concerts at this one theater they would pat down everyone that came through the door. They did it because they didn't want you sneaking weapons, booze or any kind of recording devices in. Several years prior to this a guy had a knife on him at a show, got in a fight with another concert goer and stabbed him. The victim died and his parents sued the venue for not providing adequate security and won a very big settlement. So this new security was a result of that. Everyone knew it. They even told you to get their early because they opened the gates a few hours before the show to make sure they got everyone in. Were they violating my rights then? Was the country about to collapse in on itself in a wave of communism because of this?

This concert venue, just like the airlines are now, did this not because the terrorists have won, but because of money. It is the same reason we have seat belt laws. If a terrorist gets on a plane and causes trouble it opens the already struggling airline up to a potentially huge lawsuit. This is their way of trying to prevent that from happening.