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Except that over years of flying I was never patted down, and since the naked scan has started, I've been through that more than the metal detector (6 times v.
by jcnnghm 16y ago
Except that over years of flying I was never patted down, and since the naked scan has started, I've been through that more than the metal detector (6 times v. 2 times in the last two months). This thing was supposed to be used for additional screening, in place of more invasive searches, and now it's used in place of less invasive searches. I find it difficult to tolerate that I'm now expected to show somebody my bean bag in order to travel. In fact, if I were to drop my pants in the middle of the security line, I'd be arrested, but the TSA can drop my pants for me without recourse.
As you say though, fighting it just isn't worth it right now. The last thing I need is one if the geniuses that work security arresting me, even under false pretenses, because I won't consent to a strip search.
- pak 16y ago>In fact, if I were to drop my pants in the middle of the security line, I'd be arrested, but the TSA can drop my pants for me without recourse. There is actually a hilarious idea buried here. An interesting way to protest full-body scans would be to walk through security naked to make the point about what is really happening in the machine. Done en masse, it could probably get some media attention. And to make it legal, you could probably just wear some minimal fleshtoned bits taped over the right parts, which is supposedly all the machine does to make it "legit" for TSA employees to watch.
- kleiba 16y agoThe German Pirate Party organized a protest like that a while ago: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.piratenpartei.de%2Fnode%2F1011%2F37862 http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl...