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Hall: Nude Is Rude But It Isn’t Love

I was almost disappointed while boarding a plane the other day that nobody wanted to search my body in exquisite detail.  I entered the airport terminal patriotically ready for whatever the security forces had in store for me - even if that meant using a level of electronic scrutiny that reveals the absence of weapons on my peaceful person, albeit at a cost of exposing the saggy old man beneath my youthful duds. I went into that experience ready to put my best face forward, not to mention other parts, trying to look as attractive as I possibly could for my sake and for the sake of the poor inspector. He must stand there all day looking at constant anatomical imperfection with a device that peers through clothing/ Bill Hall , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

Question: How have your close encounters with airport security been since the TSA ramped-up the visual & touchy-feely inspections?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog