A British airport says two women who refused to go through a full-body scanner have been barred from boarding a flight.

Manchester Airport says the women, one of whom is a Muslim, were believed to have been booked to fly out to Islamabad.

They then refused to be scanned, citing medical and religious reasons.

Originally posted by Dock9
reply to post by SilentShadow

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Exactly !

So much for tens of thousands of people in forums, decrying such invasions of privacy (idiotic scanners) !

Where are they when they're called to defend the 'freedumbs' they claim they'll defend ?

Two women refused the scans. That's it ? Two women ?

Where are the rest ? Sitting obediently in their seats in planes after obediently subjecting themselves --- and their 'freedumbs' --- to the scanners ?

Words are cheap, huh ?

When it comes to action, where are the 'freedumb defenders' ?


If 'terrorists' were even a thousandth of the problem the authorities claim them to be, there wouldn't be a parliament or water, electrical or communications system left operative, world wide

Or gee ---- are we supposed to believe that 'terrorists' suffer from chronic tunnel-vision and stupidity, and therefore only know how to bomb planes in flight ?

Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by (C2C)

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Huh?

How would it be made? Fuelled? Flown? Maintained?

Communism is nice on paper, but it just doesn't work in real life. People have to pay for planes because operating planes cost money. You have no more a right to use another persons plane without submitting to their conditions, than someone does if they want to use your home or car.

Or would you agree that, as your house is "of this earth", anybody can use it freely as they see fit?