On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:37:02 -0600, Pete C. wrote:

> 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.

i'd rather believe that than do the equivalent of hiding in a cave myself.

blake