A Peek At the National Opt-Out Day Numbers

Yesterday was a big travel day for Americans, and the organizers of National Opt-Out Day hoped to use it to highlight widespread, though not universal, dissatisfaction with stepped-up screening measures in US airports, by encouraging people selected for body screening to insist instead on the pat-down alternative. Reader Willtor writes with a story in the New York Times on the effect of the protest: "'39 people had opted out of the body scans in Atlanta by 5 p.m. In Los Angeles, 113 had. One had opted out in Charlotte, N.C. Boston seemed to have something of a mini-spike, with 300.' This is a tiny fraction of passengers, of course. But when I flew out of Boston this afternoon, they had opened a line that led to a traditional metal detector. When I flew out in June all lines went to the nudie scanners. Is it safe to be optimistic that we have been heard and policies have changed? I am not particularly concerned whether we get credit or whether it is reported that the protest fizzled. But it would be nice to know that some of the more invasive theatrics have become optional." According to its organizers, meanwhile, the opt-out protest was a "rousing success." If you traveled yesterday by air, what was your impression?

Comments

Re:Mine is:

[del_diablo]

I disagree with your interprention of my comment.
Voting is about controlling people, otherwise there would not exist a good reason to vote, it is just that it happens from the viewpoint of the partial hivemind we call society. You vote for X, somebody else for Y, and the rest of the sheeps vote for Z.
And if we really want to compare it with voting, does there exist a air company flying internally in US that has no checks except generic metal detector? In politics you would make your useless party, recruit and spread your opinion, and thus then actually making the voting process worth it(and no, its not worth it).
If there does not exist that, then there is nothing to vote on, and nothing to gain by sitting home, unless you use a different enterprise within commercial transportation.
And.... does there exist a option from getting from A to B within relatively short time C? Trains are to slow, cars are to slow, the only option is airtraffic, unless you ignore time. If you ignore time, you will face a entire new bunch of conditions, which may conflict with your demand and needs.

~Nordicfag