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In reply to the discussion: Should 90 year old women be patted down just to "be fair"? [View all]madamesilverspurs
(15,801 posts)Im a 67-year-old white woman who walks with a cane and uses oxygen. I rarely travel, but when I do Im X-rayed, have to take my shoes off, Im patted down, and my oxygen machine is chemically checked. Ive seen kids subjected to similar screening. Do they fit the profile? No. Do I? No.
The thing is, those who wish to do us harm arent going to show up in an airport security line wearing Isis gear or sporting Al Qaeda literature; but they are known to strap explosives onto people who clearly dont fit the profile.
So, as much as I dont enjoy the X-ray, the pat down, the taking shoes off or the checking of my travel concentrator, I choose to accept and endure the inconvenience and delay, simply because I want to be able to be a travelling 68-year-old woman who walks with a cane and uses oxygen.