The latest flap in the realm of public safety is TSA pat-downs and body screenings at airports. Not an issue for me, my job requires a lot of driving, but flying is an extreme rarity. What does cause me some concern is the inevitability of those screenings filtering down to other forms of mass-transit. Again, not something that will affect me overmuch, but when it occurs, it will signify the loss of our liberty to a degree we may not recover from. I understand security, and we're far from having a decent system, but the scourge of political correctness is preventing that from happening. You want secure airlines? Ask Israel. They do politically-incorrect things like "racial profiling". It seems to work, they've never had an airborne incident related to terrorism, and they're the world's primary target. If I'm looking for a potential Muslim extremist, should I yank some blonde-haired blue-eyed Swede out of a check in line for a random search? Really?