just a quick rant.

i have been reading in the news that many people are "outraged" at the new pat downs and body scanners at the airport, calling them "intrusive" and "voyeuristic."



what the crap, ladies and gentlemen? 



apparently, America has gotten far too comfortable again and this worries me.  i will happen to be flying on a plane back east tomorrow afternoon, and i would prefer that airport security has everyone and their mom on my plane get naked so that we don't blow up and die en route to our destination!



okay, obviously naked is a little bit much, but that proves my point all the more.  people are "enraged" over a pat down?  a body scanner?  seriously?  can you consider not just your own life, but the lives of hundreds and possibly thousands...millions of other people?



wouldn't you rather be a bit uncomfortable for a moment than realize halfway across the world that your neighbor over there has a bomb strapped to his jockeys and now you're:



a) going to be blown up.

b) going to be shot/stabbed/burned alive by this maniac.

c) going to end up flying into some international landmark, killing hundreds or thousands of people.



regardless, the outcome is not good.

you're going to die!



so please, ladies and gentlemen.



if i may be so selfish as to say...



i want to live.



so just shut up.  get patted down.  and let's move on.



thank you very much.