I KNOW that people are objecting to the procedure, but take a moment to think about how refusing to comply causes heightened suspicion. I read your story...only in place of you I imagined it to be a muslim woman with a burka. If she got half way through the screening process and then refused to continue, I’d wonder what she was concealing and NO, at that point, I would not let her leave to go anywhere! Fact is, the ‘invasive’ pat down is no different than what law enforcement uses and it’s not like we didn’t know this was coming. I’m ticked off too, I’d rather see blatant profiling, but I don’t get why everyone is so shocked by the new procedure. Sorry to hear you had such a difficult time.
Applying what is suspicious for a Muslim woman in a burka, to a non-Middle Eastern male wearing traditional western clothing is a fallacy.
I guess you would've advised everyone in Holland, Austria, etc - in the late 1930’s - to ‘just line up, stop complaining, don't make a fuss - get on the train. (cattle car)