>I'm arguing against a single, silly, unnecessary and counterproductive, argument against them. It's absolutely not counterproductive. At the end of the day,

>I'm arguing against a single, silly, unnecessary and counterproductive, argument against them. It's absolutely not counterproductive. At the end of the day, people don't give a shit about their rights being violated. Look at what american citizens have already given up. Sure, they'll bitch about it around the watercooler, might even make a facebook group but that's as far as it will ever go. I bet you could go as far as doing full on rectal examinations and so long as accepting that was faster than not people would still do it without protest because convenience trumps almost all. Almost. If the people think there is a chance that these things cause cancer then it becomes a life and death situation that they will do something about. A poster elsewhere has had some success with this issue with TSA workers. I'm certainly not going to advocate making things up to get our way but real experts have come out on this requesting a more thorough study. TSA wont release various figures about the radiation. X-ray damage is cumulative. Taken all these things together I really believe there is a chance these things aren't safe and if there's even a chance of it that should be enough to block their usage. The burden of proof lies with the people who want to bring these things in, not with people who need to fly but don't want the added cancer risk.