Why is no one questioning the health issues of going through these scanners?
I wish I can find the source of where I have read this but particularly the scanners being implemented in the American airports use a specific type called a backscatter machine.

There are rare but potential risks, especially for flight crews, frequent flyers and such vulnerable groups as pregnant women, babies and young children, who are more sensitive to radiation's damaging effects, associated with this type of x-ray technology.

Sometimes there is no choice at all for alternative means of transportation. As someone pointed out, they live on a continent surrounded by ocean. What if you lived there, but your parents who you love dearly lived in North America, and God forbid one of them passes away. You need to get there right away to help arrange funeral and support your widowed parent.
What are you supposed to do? What is your family going to do? Wait for you to take a boat? Maybe you can find a private flyer and pay thousands of dollars that you don't have?

Maybe Scotty can beam you up there



Full body scanners dont need to be implemented for security. There are safer, more affordable, less damaging technologies for security. Also, how about hiring competent people who can actually "secure" and do their job? Sure you might need more man power, but that would be great for the people who are looking for jobs in today's #ty economy.
This whole thing started because of the "underwear bomber" no? Well maybe if they did a pat down on this guy, and searched his bags, they could of have caught him and his "explosives" that he was supposed to sit on top of while he blew himself up ensuring his body would absorb most the impact, and barely would be able to warrant a plane to fall from the sky.

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I am flying from Australia to Athens on March 28th and then will do several flights within Europe and Egypt. This is the trip of a lifetime for us and I am eager to travel.

I am not all that eager to be subjected to a full body scan. I feel it is an invasion of my personal privacy. Some ahole will then be oggling me...makes my flesh crawl.

The only man that is allowed to see my body in the raw, is my husband.

Airlines have not implemented these scans...paranoid governments have with their terrorist hype. Trying to scare us all into submission.

If I have to undergo this violation, I will (because I want to travel) but I can assure you I will be extremely vocal and resistant. I might cry and cause a scene...swear a bit and chuck a tantrum.



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Goodonya ladies for daring to stick it to em...gotta love women with balls

I think the woman should be commended for standing up for her beliefs and dignity. Although I usually just let these kinds of things pass, it just seems these Body Scanners are really crossing the line. What comes next? How much farther will we allow the line to be drawn? Think back to how things were pre-9/11 and now look at where we are at.

I still believe the best course of action is for everyone to boycott non-essential travel. If enough people cancel their flights citing the reason as being in opposition to these Body Scanners, the Airport Industry will have no choice but to listen and change things.

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I haven't read the whole thread, only the first page but the majority of responses shock me.

Do you know what would be a pity? If either of the women was strapped to 50lb of semtex, wasn't scanned and blew an airliner full of 200+ people to jupiter....

Whats more important personal dignity or the health and safety of a full aircraft of people?

Edit: They denied for "religious" reasons. Would they be the same religious reasons that would allow them to destroy an aircraft with plastic explosives?

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Originally posted by Death_Kron
Whats more important personal dignity or the health and safety of a full aircraft of people?

You know Israel doesn't have these scanners and they haven't had a big attack. Weird how they do that huh, when you consider the amount of peopel that would love to attack them.

But hey you're right, lets all give up our liberty for safety, lets put a camera in your home because you might be beating your wife/husband and lets chip you because if we know exactly where you are all the time then you can't commit crimes and get away with it, that makes us safer! Oh and your DNA, i want that pleasse, it needs to be on the database. Ahh screw it lets just put a collar on you and if you go outside of a certain area you get a nice shock. You'll also need a license to fly from now on after extensive checks.

Yeah i know you'll say all of this is ridiculous, however i am just extending your argument because it can be used to justify all of these things. To quote one of my favorites all time quotes.

"Those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin

Originally posted by InnerTruths
What are you supposed to do? What is your family going to do? Wait for you to take a boat? Maybe you can find a private flyer and pay thousands of dollars that you don't have?

Then you have a choice. Get scanned and fly, or hire a private plane. The choice is yours. You can make the choice what is more important to you.

Originally posted by harvib
However that doesn't justify the actions of those who would limit our choices.

Exactly who is limiting your choices here? you can choose to get scanned, or refuse. That choice is yours, no one is limiting it.

There are certain rules if you want to fly, like you need to buy a ticket. I could claim it is against my religion to pay to fly, then claim that my choice is being limited....

Originally posted by dereksExactly who is limiting your choices here? you can choose to get scanned, or refuse. That choice is yours, no one is limiting it.

What if you are travelling with your wife/GF/sister/mother/cousin and they get chosen as the random search? Would you really have no objection letting strangers behind the screen have a practically naked view of all her body parts? What if you are travelling with young children. Wouldn't it bother you that strangers behind the screen can practically see your 8-year old kids naked?

I guess all of this is allowed because you are protected from terrorists?

What happens when this gross invasion of privacy becomes mainstream? What happens afterwards? When will it stop? Are you basically saying that you will allow any measures, no matter how intrusive and inconvenient, because it is all done to protect you from terrorists?

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Originally posted by Dark Ghost
Would you really have no objection letting strangers behind the screen have a practically naked view of all her body parts? What if you are travelling with young children. Wouldn't it bother you that strangers behind the screen can practically see your 8-year old kids naked?

Obviously you have not been to any beach lately, you can see much more, in glorious colour than a low resolution monochrome scanner! Americans can be so prudish!

Originally posted by Dock9
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' ?

Exactly what I was thinking, these are the same people that would give up their liberty for freedom. However, put yourself in their shoes, the majority of people are blind and dumb to the truth (fact) the majority of people believe that people in high places are looking out for them (fact) the majority of people believe everything they are told by their governments to be the truth and that anyone who questions their authority is a trouble maker (fact)

Until people start lifting their veils in order to see what is clearly in front of their noses, nothing will change, its a process of waiting, listening and helping when required. It is futile to fight against the tide at this point. The awakening is ocurring some weeks faster than the others but nevertheless the process has started.

When people start to question the validity of terrorism and indeed the terrorists everything else should fall in to place,

Originally posted by dereks
Obviously you have not been to any beach lately, you can see much more, in glorious colour than a low resolution monochrome scanner! Americans can be so prudish!

You seem to avoid the sensible points people make and try to pick something out that you can reply to without actually addressing anything. So how about you actually attempt a decent response. Maybe you could also address the following.

You appear fine with body scanners as they enhance security (questionable) and you don't think it's to bad that people are seen naked. So i ask you, would you be ok with cavity searches for everyone? You see there is a very real danger someone could shove plastic explosive up their rear end, it sounds insane but it's a very easy way to conceal something. Someone else could shove the detonator up their backside and hey you have a really powerful bomb.

So would you accept cavity searches? I am using your argument to justify them, safety. Oh and vaginal searches as well for random women in the queue. I'm guessing they will be attractive random women, just by chance of course