>>>Easy for you to say - you can get in a car, train or bus and go somewhere...I don't have that option.
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>>>I am amazed at how bloody ridiculous some people can be. I've been patted down before - it's quick and clinical. The guy on the news who complained about someone "touching his junk" is an ass-clown. Nobody ever died from embarrassment
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>>I wasn't saying that I have a problem with a pat-down...the point I was making is that you saying the solution is simply not to fly doesn't work for everyone...I don't see how you find this "ridiculous".
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>Just sounds like the whining of somebody who lives in Hawaii who is not a sufficiently strong swimmer ... <bg>

Hey I'm a good swimmer...but uhhh..I have my limits. Like I said the pat-down's don't bother me - if anything I feel safer on the plane. But - if I wanted to take a boat - it costs about $4,000, takes 4 days - and then when I get there I can stay for 20 minutes or I'm stuck for 3 months. Like I said - simply "not flying" doesn't work for all of us.