I hate these type of discussions - but what the heck!
Ya'll know what happened Sept 11th 2001 - right?
Mrs DY and I left Jackson, MS headed for London (thru Atlanta, GA) on Oct 4th 2001! I had not been to England to see her relatives for 17 years and we made up our minds - come hell, high water or terrorists - we were going as scheduled!
That was the tightest security we have ever seen and please remember I have flown into and out of VietNam and Thailand during the "undeclared war" and Mrs DY and I have flown into and out of just about every Europeon country plus, Guam, Korea, the Phillipines and Japan!
I personnally will never bitch, complain or in any way interfer with anyone (no matter how crazy it may seem) who is trying to make my flight safer from terrorists! OK - some of it is pretty funny, I get to empty my carry on bag, take off my shoes, submit to a pat down and wand check and I am flying for an hour and 20 minutes from Jackson to Atlanta.(and the plane doesn't even have enough gas in it to get to Mexico).
That said, we had a great trip to England, returning Oct 25, 2001 for me to go back to work @ the Post Office amid threats of anthrax! Not a very nice thought!
However that was the early days and things have changed since then although the "threat" IMHO will always be there!
So - quit your complaining, be co-operative, and don't do anything stupid. Besides perhaps maybe your being patted down will draw attention to you and turn on some chick watching!