If they routinely x-rayed people at airports I'd probably have been sterile before I was ten.

But the fact remains that most of the reasons people oppose increased security are far from concrete and the security we do get is more show then substance.

I'm not an expert, so I'm unclear on the safety and efficacy of the body x-rays. But magnetometers and luggage x-rays are decades old. The strategies of terrorists and other criminals have evolved beyond the security they provide.

But the serious issue is that security at airports are a joke; we need effective security, not bandaids and not smoke and mirrors.

The other issue is courtesy and respect. People get angry at airports, they take it out on their fellow passengers and on security and flight personnel. I think part of that is the feeling that the security is just a waste of their time. There are other factors, including, I feel, a general malase in how people interact with each other in society today as well as frustration with how they are treated by the airlines. But how they are treated at security and to little purpose is a large part I think.