David, I am sickened by the mother and father who stood by while their daughter was being treated like a criminal. If witnessing that situation leaves the father unconcerned that his daughter is now “a little cranky” and still calling for a balance between child abuse and “national security,” I have little hope that people like him will ever draw a line in the sand.
At the same time, I’ve been keeping my family and friends apprised of my activism and concerns about TSA scanners. I expected most of them to ignore me on this, but people that are not political, radical, or libertarian are sending me messages of support. A friend from college sent me the CNN story this morning, which says:
9:54 am on November 13, 2010“While the meeting with Secretary Napolitano was informative, it was not entirely reassuring,” the U.S. Travel Association said in a statement.
“We have received hundreds of e-mails and phone calls from travelers vowing to stop flying,” Geoff Freeman, an executive vice president of the U.S. Travel Association, told Reuters.
A 2008 survey found that air travelers “avoided” 41 million trips because they believed the air travel system was either “broken” or in need of “moderate correction,” the U.S. Travel Association said. The decisions cost airlines $9.4 billion, the survey said.
