My campaign against terrorism

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My dear friend @arthurchappell inspired me to share with you all an encounter I had lately with terrorism when I went to Aruba a couple of months ago. This post is part of an answer to one of his posts, but I decided to start my own campaign against terrorism and this post is the begining. I often wonder if many of the measures governments have against terrorism are only terrorizing inocent people. I have seen workers in airports being exceptionaly awful with people that dress a little different from the blonde, blue eyed "good" people I will NOT let anyone terrorize me. When my time comes, it will. Terrorism kills less civilians that military do in any war anywhere. So here is my story about my encounter with terrorism. When I went to Aruba a few months ago, I decided to use my sneakers as shoes for the trip back as my suitcase was full. It took me ages to put them on and dear Leticia offered to tie them. Then, at the airport, we all had to take our shoes off. Old ladies with flip-flops had to bend to take their shoes off and stay barefooted while the sandals were place in baskets. It is in those occations that I think that I will not accept harrasment. So I told the "authorities" that I would not take off my knickers unless someone put them on again and helped me tie them. I said I was old, had a hurting lymphoma in my belly and was willing to stay in Aruba for the rest of my life. When they saw I was in earnest, they talked to each other and told me to step aside. I did. Then they brought a small detector they DID have, and checked me. The airport people were ALL young and they had the devises to check the elder. Why didn´t they use it? I suggest all senior mylotters to think about this for a while. We pay dearly for the use of the airports when we travel. Sometimes it is almost as expensive as the airfare itself. So, if we are paying for this, why don´t we get good service?