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Do you want some random dude looking at your adult daughter trhough one of these.

by marshallp 17y ago

jpatte 17y ago
As long as this random dude never meets my daughter again, I don't give a damn.
- asyazwan 17y ago
  You are assuming the random dude to be purely random which may not be the case... Plus using your logic you will not mind your daughter strip in a room full of random guys, hoping that will be the first and last encounter. Meh, adult daughters can decide on their own anyway up to what levels they are willing to make themselves seen.
  - jpatte 17y ago
    I'm assuming the dude is a professional and is merely doing his job, like any woman shall assume her gynecologist is a professional doctor and not a peeping tom.
    - masomenos 17y ago
      write us back when TSA & equivalent go through the same selection process as MDs.
    - asyazwan 17y ago
      Which makes you wonder what exactly are the requirements to qualify as the dude watching the monitor. First come first serve basis? It's hard being a specialist but almost anyone can apply for security. Well in my case if I had to I'd ask for female security officer (or gynecologist for that matter).
DougWebb 17y ago
Forget about the adult daughters; what about children? Aren't these machines generating child porn every time a child walks through it, and turning the viewers into criminals as soon as they see the image of a child walking through it? Or do children get to bypass the scanner, giving the terrorists useful mules for carrying forbidden objects onto the plane?
- jpatte 17y ago
  I don't see how this is different from medical school examination. Should we prosecute all "child doctors" (don't know the exact english term) as criminal as well for seeing naked children every day?
  - WarDekar 17y ago
    "Pornography or porn is the portrayal of explicit sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual excitement." [1] Doctors don't take photos (or other media) of naked children, so there is no pornography involved. Obviously if they do take photos, there is a crime. Likewise if they touch a child inappropriately, there is a (different) crime. In the case of the body scanners, images are taken, thus it is pornography, and a crime. And of course, MDs are actually screened and have thorough background checks where-as there have been multiple instances [2] of TSA employees not being thoroughly screened. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography 2. http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2010/02/05/tsa-hires-felon-forces-airport-to-issue-security-badge/ http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2010/02/05/tsa-...
    - jpatte 17y ago
      "Pornography or porn is the portrayal of explicit sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual excitement." "In the case of the body scanners, images are taken, thus it is pornography, and a crime." Please read the whole sentence before saying it is a crime, unless you are implying all TSA employees enjoy sexual excitement while watching their screens.
iloveyouocean 17y ago
I could not care less if some guy looked at my 'adult daughter' gasp. She has breasts and genitals and a woman's body, just like the other billions of females on the planet. I think people consider themselves to be far more unique and important than they should. By passing through a scanner, what will be revealed about a person that is truly of any consequence? They have a 'small' penis? They are fat? They have various health problems? Deformities? So basically, the technician may, at worst, have knowledge about a person that is certainly already known by other people. Do you think the technician is going to write this stuff down and blackmail people? I just don't understand what the assumed horrible consequence is.
- marshallp 17y ago
  It's possible to invert the image from the scanners and get a realistic color photo. Also, you seem to be reducing humans to soulless machines. By your logic it should be possible to swear at any person i encounter on the street. After all, it's just a bunch of sounds.

Do you want some random dude looking at your adult daughter trhough one of these.

jpatte 17y ago

As long as this random dude never meets my daughter again, I don't give a damn.

asyazwan 17y ago
You are assuming the random dude to be purely random which may not be the case... Plus using your logic you will not mind your daughter strip in a room full of random guys, hoping that will be the first and last encounter. Meh, adult daughters can decide on their own anyway up to what levels they are willing to make themselves seen.
- jpatte 17y ago
  I'm assuming the dude is a professional and is merely doing his job, like any woman shall assume her gynecologist is a professional doctor and not a peeping tom.
  - masomenos 17y ago
    write us back when TSA & equivalent go through the same selection process as MDs.
  - asyazwan 17y ago
    Which makes you wonder what exactly are the requirements to qualify as the dude watching the monitor. First come first serve basis? It's hard being a specialist but almost anyone can apply for security. Well in my case if I had to I'd ask for female security officer (or gynecologist for that matter).

DougWebb 17y ago

Forget about the adult daughters; what about children? Aren't these machines generating child porn every time a child walks through it, and turning the viewers into criminals as soon as they see the image of a child walking through it? Or do children get to bypass the scanner, giving the terrorists useful mules for carrying forbidden objects onto the plane?

jpatte 17y ago
I don't see how this is different from medical school examination. Should we prosecute all "child doctors" (don't know the exact english term) as criminal as well for seeing naked children every day?
- WarDekar 17y ago
  "Pornography or porn is the portrayal of explicit sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual excitement." [1] Doctors don't take photos (or other media) of naked children, so there is no pornography involved. Obviously if they do take photos, there is a crime. Likewise if they touch a child inappropriately, there is a (different) crime. In the case of the body scanners, images are taken, thus it is pornography, and a crime. And of course, MDs are actually screened and have thorough background checks where-as there have been multiple instances [2] of TSA employees not being thoroughly screened. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography 2. http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2010/02/05/tsa-hires-felon-forces-airport-to-issue-security-badge/ http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2010/02/05/tsa-...
  - jpatte 17y ago
    "Pornography or porn is the portrayal of explicit sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual excitement." "In the case of the body scanners, images are taken, thus it is pornography, and a crime." Please read the whole sentence before saying it is a crime, unless you are implying all TSA employees enjoy sexual excitement while watching their screens.

iloveyouocean 17y ago

I could not care less if some guy looked at my 'adult daughter' gasp. She has breasts and genitals and a woman's body, just like the other billions of females on the planet. I think people consider themselves to be far more unique and important than they should. By passing through a scanner, what will be revealed about a person that is truly of any consequence? They have a 'small' penis? They are fat? They have various health problems? Deformities? So basically, the technician may, at worst, have knowledge about a person that is certainly already known by other people. Do you think the technician is going to write this stuff down and blackmail people? I just don't understand what the assumed horrible consequence is.

marshallp 17y ago
It's possible to invert the image from the scanners and get a realistic color photo. Also, you seem to be reducing humans to soulless machines. By your logic it should be possible to swear at any person i encounter on the street. After all, it's just a bunch of sounds.