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You aint gonna like what they can see!

alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
edited March 2002 in General Discussion
(CNN) -- It takes no special equipment to detect the controversy kicked up by a prototypic airport security device that civil-liberties advocates have labeled a "virtual strip search." The Rapiscan Secure 1000 is among several instruments being tested by the nonprofit National Safe Skies Alliance for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Florida's Orlando International Airport. Of six systems being tested, three are used for passenger-checkpoint searches and the others are for screening checked baggage and cargo. The reason the Rapiscan is drawing outcries from civil-liberties activists is that it deploys a low-level X-ray technology to scan a person's body through clothing. Rapiscan Security Products is a subsidiary of OSI Systems, a developer of optoelectronics based in Hawthorne, California.
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  • Bushy ARBushy AR Member Posts: 564 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What the hell do I care if they want to look at me that way? I don't! What do possible terrorists care? PLENTY!! I say let em look.
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i allways understood x-rays to be sort of accumulative.a frequent flyer could end up glowing in the dark. (sorta like that picture) barto
    the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
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  • RedlegRedleg Member Posts: 417 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can just see some fat, greasy pervert at the controls..."Ma'am, we couldn't get a good scan...could you please go through again?"
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I disagree Bushy AR, this is an invasion of privacy. If they want to use this device to allow/disallow entry into somebody's private residence fine. But, don't expose me (literally) to some chump at the airport because you can't figure out how to secure your airport. And, how many terrorists is it really going to stop anyway? Does everyone really think they're that stupid to try the same thing again? It's like this, if I catch you with a right-hook once, you're more aware of that the next time. So, while you're busy guarding your left cheek I'll stomp on your toes. We shouldn't be willing to give up our privacy/rights to feel secure. When and wehre will that strategy end? I think we should have a national concealed carry law and encourage people to carry. Talk about a deterrent to criminals and terrorists! I bet we'd ALL be a lot better off if "the people" were allowed to defend themselves!
    Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will second Concealed on this one. Not only is it an invasion of privacy, but do do you really want to be x-rayed by some minimum wage rent a cop? It is indeed cumulative. I have known several radiologists that died from cancer that resulted from too much exposure to their work. I'll drive.
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    "...I'll drive."Right on, Dog. I'm not worried about the perv. operator OR the X-Ray accumulations because they won't be using it on me.If I can't get there on my Harley or behind the wheel of my Jeep then I'm not going. I never cared for flying before 9-11, and I'm sure as hell not interested in it today.
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Darn Saxon! and I was hoping to get a little peek...Don't shoot Low Rider, I would not betray a biker bud, I was only funnin' him. See ya on the slab. I will be on the K-100 Beemer.
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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    they should call it rapescan.
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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    they should call it rapescan.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Geez, if that's what it takes to get me back to the gym....I gave up being worried about the doctors and nurses getting a look years ago, so I suppose I can get used to this too. The thing is, I do believe some young people (both girls and boys) may not be emotionally equipped for this idea, and the idea of going through this could genuinely disturb some of them at a certain age. I wouldn't blame them for that and I don't think everyone is going to be able to be subjected to it.
    "The 2nd Amendment is about defense, not hunting. Long live the gun shows, and reasonable access to FFLs. Join the NRA -- I'm a Life Member."
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Not all of us who hide something are criminals. With this device, they will be disrobeing you the same as asking to search your vehicle with no probable cause. It would be easier to ask everyone to fly naked! This will cause the law abiding people much grief as all gun laws do. We will be forced to be exposed to the levels of radiation that after many exposers can cause health problems. What i see here is a company getting ready to make a lot of money! I will drive!
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