the right to privacy.

IMG_2512, originally uploaded by M.Prophet Photography.

Recent regulations and security procedures put in place in airports across the country are far beyond simple security measures. People tend to trust those of authority to do the right thing. There does come a point when law makers and policy creators overstep the line between what is appropriate and what is simply wrong.

If I had a young daughter, say around 12 years old, and an older man told me he had to touch her in places that every part of me felt was totally wrong, I would be livid.

But this is exactly the kind of thing that is happening in airports across the country.

I read an article where a traveller related a story seeing an elderly woman as a TSA security worker squeezed her breasts and you could almost see her dignity fall away in shock that this could happen.

I typically don't write about political situations on this blog, and honestly, I don't really feel like this has anything to do with politics..

Simply stated. when a person working for our government touches you in a way that in any other circumstance could be considered sexual assault. I don't feel there's a valid justification.

I refuse to believe it will keep me safe from terrorists. In fact it is very important that every person understands that the TSA has NEVER ACTUALLY STOPPED ANY ACT OF TERRORISM.

They have done NOTHING that has kept me safer.

What they have done is held me up in airports, made me almost miss flights, swabbed every camera and lens that I own more than I have!

More importantly, they are now assaulting men, women and children who refuse to partake in the more advanced imaging machinery that does in fact take what amounts to a nude photograph of you, as a photo negative.

I do not feel that this is right. It angers me to imagine the elderly being subjected to this kind of procedure. It angers me to imagine a younger child be subjected to this kind of procedure.

There is no way I will be convinced that we need to accept this kind of behavior on the part of our government and in the name of national security.