Full Body Scans

OK... so the recent security scares at airports have caused the current administration to push for a faster roll-out of 'full body scanners' at airports.

This is NOT meant to be a political thread. (I'm sure the last administration would have taken the same step, and the next administration, too.)

What I want to know is... how do you feel about potentially having to pass through these types of scanners? I found a few images of what the security people could see as you stand there:

 

Its' not like they are doing it for shits a and giggles. They have a good reason to do this and it's for our safety. They have to keep one upping the the level of terrorism. Obviously it is possible to get through security with something so they can't keep letting that happen. Yeah it is kind of violating, but it is a necessary step. I heard you can opt out of this for a full pat down too which is a little better.

 

Tell me, how different is this from a physician looking at a naked body? I mean, it's not like doctors go to medical school and are shown dozens of naked bodies in order to get desensitized. Yet most folks would say that getting naked in front of a doc, while a little embarrasing (and certainly chilly), is not usually a big deal (and even less so if you're really hurt or sick).

I have a feeling that after about 2 days, most of the folks working the scanners wont' give a shit about how big someone's tits are, or how big their junk is, or how many rolls that person is hiding under their shirt. It's human nature to get desensitized a bit after a while. To me, it's the same thing as a radiologist - you can see all sorts of interesting things, but rarely do the docs sit around the monitor and oggle the outline of soft tissue. They will, however, occasionally comment on poor film quality due to "body habitus" ie, big fat bellies.

I'd be more concerned with how they're getting these images? That could be a LOT of radiation over the years.

 

At first thought it seems kinda creepy, but these people are going to see thousands of people a day go through it. They won't give two shits what you look like, good or bad. Like doctors see you in full nekkid HD, whereas these guys see a rough shape of your body, they're just doing their job at hand.

Edit: ^^ he posted it first

 

I think that i will save the government some money and just fly naked.

 

I've got a great body- They can look all they want.

Not to mention the guy looking at the scan does not also look at the person being scanned and they having no way to store or print the images. It's just as "dirty" to get frisked or wanded.

And you do have the option to drive if you don't like it-It'll make the lines shorter for them scan me!!

 

It's all part of my master plan.

 

Not a lady, but I do have two prosthetic legs and it's a pain in the ass to go through airport security. I have to get the full pat down down every time I fly. I'm wondering if it would work with someone with prosthetics. I'm all for not getting blown up on a plane.

 

i dont like the idea of random peoples viewing my junk.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=972_1262283908

 

I don't love the idea, but if it keeps some jackass from carrying a weapon or bomb on my plane, I'm OK with it. I hope it goes quickly, though. Security lines are already too long.

It does piss me off that terrorists have succeeded in disrupting our lives like this, though.

It sucks for anybody w/ metal parts in their body, but I don't see the alternative. If all they did was check the card, a terrorist could pack a gun then provide a fake medical card and get on a plane with no problem. I hate that it inconveniences your wife (and my grandfather, while he was living), but it's just one of those things, you know?

 

HAHA I give no shit if they want to use them. Do it!

 

All they need to do is hire a bunch of really hot young girls to strip search the men and a bunch of hot young guys to search the woman and everybody would be happy. Heck, I'd fly somewhere every weekend.

 

I'm not a big fan of this, but I understand why we may have to do this. But I hope that anyone can opt out for a full pat down by security officials, I'm not sure what the policy is on that. If they can do it at all airports or what.

However I think we really need to train these officials to not only focus on these scanners but to also profile for behavior. To recognize nervous people, human behavior, etc.

I also think we need to test some of these airport officials for lack of common sense. The guy from the x-mas attack only had a one way ticket, no passport I think, and lack of proper papers. If this is not suspicious, than I don't know what is.

 

Full body scans are not a problem for me if it keeps planes from being blown up or crashed. However, it's all just window dressing in my opinion. The real answer to the problem lies in the intelligence community. They must continue the hard work of identifying the terrorists to keep them out of the airports and in the morgue. The Christmas Day terrorist attack over Detroit should never had happened in the first place and the terrorist should never had made it to Amsterdam either.