The Los Angeles Times editorial board has some advice for travelers considering gumming up airport security lines with "opt out" protests the day before Thanksgiving: "Shut up and be scanned." Instead of insisting on the "seriously embarrassing" new TSA pat-downs, just go through the new full-body scanners. And if the "overblown" privacy fears or "shrug-worthy" health concerns inspire you to make the busiest travel day "positively unbearable," the L.A. Times says, "perhaps you should stay on the ground." Here's an excerpt:
Would you rather pose for a nude photograph or be groped by a federal employee? To hear many fliers these days, those are the only two choices for air passengers as the Transportation Security Administration installs full-body scanners at airports and introduces a more invasive pat-down technique that some have likened to sexual molestation. We're not wild about the new methods either, but they're a necessary evil in the era of suicide bombers who board planes with chemical explosives in their underwear.
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