Don't touch me there?

[Karen]

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Someone on the tube mentioned the amount of radiation you get from a porn scanner.

They said it was the same as getting blasted with radiation you pick up from flying @ X zillion feet-in-the-air.

That's not the real science. The back-scatter radiation used in the full-body scanners is a very different kind of radiation that the normal stuff pilots are exposed to. Scientists - not talking heads, but scientists - are concerned that, because it does not penetrate very deep, but is concentrated near the surface, and because of the type of waves it uses, it could be harmful to those at risk for skin cancer, and even corneal cancer. Now, seeing as Paul has already had skin cancers removed several times, and not the "normal kind," and because I am one of those people who is practically a poster child for "skin cancer danger" - you go down the list, and I can check "yes" to 1. Fair skin 2. Blue or grey eyes 3. Blonde as a child 4. Sunburn easily 5. Freckled skin 6. Had sunburns before the age of 18 ... I forget, maybe there are things that I don't match on the list, but I fit all of those ... I do NOT want to ever go through one of those scanners until more science is done.

[sparks19]

That's not the real science. The back-scatter radiation used in the full-body scanners is a very different kind of radiation that the normal stuff pilots are exposed to. Scientists - not talking heads, but scientists - are concerned that, because it does not penetrate very deep, but is concentrated near the surface, and because of the type of waves it uses, it could be harmful to those at risk for skin cancer, and even corneal cancer. Now, seeing as Paul has already had skin cancers removed several times, and not the "normal kind," and because I am one of those people who is practically a poster child for "skin cancer danger" - you go down the list, and I can check "yes" to 1. Fair skin 2. Blue or grey eyes 3. Blonde as a child 4. Sunburn easily 5. Freckled skin 6. Had sunburns before the age of 18 ... I forget, maybe there are things that I don't match on the list, but I fit all of those ... I do NOT want to ever go through one of those scanners until more science is done.

I also fit into all of those catergories. I've had more than one sunburn as a child one that resulted in me being extremely ill and covered in blisters for a week.

[Grace]

Some kid sneaking his friends into the Drive in and being put off by them checking is not the same as a suicide bomber. We are checking them NOW and that hasn't stopped them from trying to get around it. what makes anyone think that THIS is the thing that will fix it? this certainly isn't a fool proof method.

and it's not really that difficult to get a job with the TSA... perhaps our bomber friends will just get a job at the airport then they can be the one assaulting people without having to deal with security... because they ARE security.

When they start sticking bombs where the sun don't shine will you submit to a cavity search everytime you fly to feel safer?

There are ways around this process (not even including the fact that they don't do this to everyone jsut select people so joe bomber could still just as easily sneak by and BOOM) and the terrorists are determined. definitely not comparable to kids sneaking into the movie theater

Seems this has already been done - at least once.

On August 27, 2009 Abdullah Asieri, one of Saudi Arabia's most wanted men, detonated a pound of explosives apparently hidden in his rectum in an effort to assassinate Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, head of Saudi
Arabia's counter terrorism operations. Although the attempt was unsuccessful it revealed a gaping hole in current security efforts aimed at thwarting terrorist attacks. Abdullah Asieri passed through security checks at two airports and the palace security of Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef. He then spent 30 hours in the close company of Saudi secret service agents without raising suspicion. (CBSnews.com)

The assassination attempt did not succeed but security experts have suggested the amount of explosives detonated by Abdullah Asieri would have been enough to bring down an airliner in flight.

According to Chris Yates, an aviation security consultant, the only way the explosives could have been detected is if Abdullah Asieri had been stripped naked and subject to a cavity search.

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[Grace]

I LOVE this -

The ultimate idiocy is the full-body screening of the pilot. The pilot doesn't need a bomb or box cutter to bring down a plane. All he has to do is drive it into the water, like the EgyptAir pilot who crashed his plane off Nantucket while intoning "I rely on God," killing all on board.

But we must not bring that up. We pretend that we go through this nonsense as a small price paid to ensure the safety of air travel. Rubbish. This has nothing to do with safety - 95 percent of these inspections, searches, shoe removals and pat-downs are ridiculously unnecessary. The only reason we continue to do this is that people are too cowed to even question the absurd taboo against profiling - when the profile of the airline attacker is narrow, concrete, uniquely definable and universally known. So instead of seeking out terrorists, we seek out tubes of gel in stroller pouches.

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[Medusa]

I LOVE this -





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So do I.

I'll be flying on Sunday so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

[RICHARD]

The 'radiation" quote went something like this...


A pornscan is equal of two minutes of exposure to the rads you would get at altitude.

I like to swim so I get credits banked into my account.

[sparks19]

REally? This is just hunky dory because it might "protect" us? I can't imagine how humiliating that must have been for that poor woman.

http://consumerist.com/2010/11/cance...-pat-down.html

Yes I suppose she should just shut up and bare her prosthetic breast and basically have her mastectomy rubbed in her face and do as she's told

[lizbud]

I LOVE this -





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Awww, truth and common sense. So scarce nowadays.

[RICHARD]

Vitreolic, patriotic stand, fight, bright, light
Feeling pretty psyched
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No fear cavalier, renegade, steer clear
A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives
And I decline

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it
And I feel fine

I feel fine

Symbiotic patriotic slam book neck
Right? Right!