blake murphy wrote:
>
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:15:10 -0600, Pete C. wrote:
>
> > zxcvbob wrote:
> >>
> >> On 1/14/2010 8:14 AM, --Bryan wrote:
> >>
> >>> Any person who has modesty issues with full body scans at airports
> >>> should realize that:
> >>> A. the screeners never see who it is they're getting the image from,
> >>> and
> >>> B. you can easily find pix of *attractive* nude people on the net for
> >>> free, and the idea that anyone would particularly want to look at a
> >>> grainy, grayscale version of *your* body is close to absurd.
> >>>
> >>> --Bryan
> >>>
> >>
> >> IMHO, the whole "privacy" uproar is just a smoke screen to divert
> >> attention away from the safety issues of the low-level ionizing
> >> radiation used by the devices. The dosage is low, and a background
> >> level of radiation is unavoidable, but there is no safe dosage and the
> >> effects are cumulative. (and I really doubt that they'll let you wear a
> >> lead apron.)
> >>
> >> Ten to 20 years from now we may see a big increase in cancer, cataracts,
> >> and birth defects among frequent fliers. I'm sure we'll just blame it
> >> on CO2...
> >>
> >> Bob
> >
> > That argument is BS plain and simple, and there are several different
> > types of devices most of which use non ionizing radiation.
> >
> > The bigger issue is that the devices provide little to no security
> > benefit as they only see through clothes. As we should all be aware, the
> > terrorists ranks include doctors, and they could quite easily implant
> > probably 5# of plastic explosives in a bomber along with a minimal metal
> > detonator control, fake medical documents and X-rays to show a hip
> > replacement to account for the metal detector going off, and none of the
> > current security screening methods will detect it.
> >
> > It is as they say "Security Theater".
>
> i'm sure bin laden's boys will get right on this in their lavishly
> appointed cave operating rooms.
>
> blake

If you believe that all the "west's" enemies are reduced to hiding in
caves, there is little hope for you.