Protests Mount Against TSA Body Scans and Pat Downs

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  1. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    If given a choice at an airport, which would you prefer: a backscatter scan of your body or a pat down by a TSA employee? Many people are concerned with the effects of radiation from the full body scan, while others detest the pat downs which ignore no one, including women and children.

    Now there's a growing backlash as various groups challenge the need for such intrusive methods to secure our airports and airplanes. Besides the pilots unions various groups are urging travelers to either not fly or to protest by opting out of the full-body scanners and undergo time-consuming pat-downs instead.

    This may cause a problem with holiday travel as they are suggesting Nov 24th, the biggest travel day of the year as a focal point for the protests.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/12/travel.screening/index.html?hpt=T1
     
  2. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    which would i prefer?

    staying home.
     
  3. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    I hear lots of Europeans and other foreigners are deciding not come to the US (despite very favorable exchange rates), due to the excessive security measures here. They pretty much have to give their life stories just to get a visa or ticket anymore, in addition to the patdowns and scans.

    So this is also hurting tourism at a time when the US could really use it. But on the other hand its less air travel, resulting in less pollution.
     
  4. djomalley

    djomalley Fanch King

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    I'd rather not be touched by a TSA employee... Walking through something that scans seems much more appealing that getting groped.
     
  5. GardenGuy

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    I object to backscatter for health reasons. Granted, a minor risk, but it's not their body but mine they are radiating!

    I tolerate pat down, but prefer to simply take off all my clothes in a private room, show the TSA that I have nothing to hide and put them back on.

    I am nude in the locker room at the community gym while changing into and out of workout clothes. I am nude in the doctor's office with a female nurse present. Why not undress for a minute or two at a private room in the airport?

    We are going to a lot of trouble to avoid being naked for a few seconds in a private screening. I prefer to do things the easy way. This one is a no-brainer for me.
     
  6. Heat

    Heat Smile, it's contagious! :) Lifetime Supporter

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    I would prefer, strange way to have to word that considering the topic, a body scan. I would rather not have a pat down from someone I do not know if I can avioid that.

    If I was traveling frequently though I would opt for the pat down due to the continued exposure to a scan.
     
  7. deleted

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    if people wanna bitch and moan about airport conditions and boarding arrangements.. I suggest they go out and purchase a 5 million dollar airplane of their own.. See how long this last, if you want to take passengers on your plane. Will you let them bring anything they want on your plane?... Or will you keep up with technology and scan them.. :sultan:

    Radiation Exposure During Commercial Airline Flights
    http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/faqs/commercialflights.html

    your already getting a dose of radiation when flying....
     
  8. Duck

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    I don't like people touching me.
     
  9. deleted

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    i like getting an erection before a pat down.. :p
     
  10. GardenGuy

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    We should just take the bus to wherever we are going. You see the countryside a lot better from the ground. If you cross the country, you have several days to party with your fellow passengers and it costs less than flying and you will eventually get to your destination.
     
  11. spirits...

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    I'd rather not fly. The whole 'nation security' thing is getting ridiculous.
     
  12. Michael Phelps

    Michael Phelps Am I being detained?

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CX9Agzeh-c&playnext=1&list=PL6FAC5B9462E548D1&index=13"]YouTube - Total Recall Bodyscanner
     
  13. vigilanteherbalist2

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    i'll take a private plane if i need to fly
     
  14. exPlODingGalaXiES

    exPlODingGalaXiES Banned

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    Pat down....sounds sexy :)
     
  15. MayQueen~420~

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    Or eat something that you know will give you gas. Just as they lean down to pat your legs, you let one rip.:)
     
  16. sunfighter

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    It's very hard to trust the government on this one. First they tell us genitals are "blurred out" -- false, they need to see genitals because if they blurred them out, that's where the terrorists would put the stuff. Then they tell us the images can not be stored, the machines are designed that way -- again false, it's come out that some images, altho I think it was a training exercise, were stored and transmitted.

    I think it's pretty much a hoax designed to get the American public to think they are safe, without actually being safe.
     
  17. deleted

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    they can charge you with simple assault doing this.
     
  18. sodabandito

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    God Bless America in the Age of Paranoia!!..or better yet, eat something that gives you diarhea too:devil:
     
  19. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    I voted scan..Id rather get a bit of radiation than have a strange person touch me
     
  20. machinist

    machinist Banned Lifetime Supporter

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    i'd rather some waste of life person have to deal with touching me then sign away my rights in the scanner machine line
     

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