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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:13 PM Original message |
Ever been in one of those airport full body scanners? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. I need to educate myself further on the tech, but I also worry about health |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I'd like to know more myself. According to my son, they use a wavelength |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. UV rays are stopped by the skin too, and they are more harmful than radio waves... |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. My only concern is, are they safe? I recently read re- CAT scans |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. I prefer them to getting groped |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. If these scanners save one American life I support their widespread use |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Requiring full background checks for travel papers before every trip could save lives. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Did you forget the sarcasm smilie? |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. So is the idea that if something "saves one American life I support their use" |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. dupe |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. >>We deserve privacy when in private, not when we are in public. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. how Orwellian-- "we must get over the privacy issue" |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. How about banning cars, motorcycles, bikes, boats, trains.... |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Statistically at what point do we stop giving up rights? |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Yes. Living well is the best revenge. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. There is a line |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. yea, that silly privacy issue....it's right up there with those stupid individual rights..silly |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. 3 for 3 |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I've yet to see this poster express any sentiment falling to the left of center |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. dehumanizing. that is it. exactly. thank you |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. Can those things really beat these guys? |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. People who are afraid of dogs, maybe? |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. No - not with well trained dogs |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. I know that - but that's not my point. |
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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. People who are allergic to dogs |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Well, then maybe they get a choice |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I have to get sniffed by a dog every day before entering my house. |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yep, even shrink wrapped plastic can't hide scent from a dog |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. 'Dehumanizing' nails it. How infuriating, and how impotent we would feel. Do |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I've been through them several times. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I was just reading an article on cnn.com or msnbc.com, that shows new |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I haven't asked to see the image they take. nt |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
24. I have. I've also been strip searched. |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. I was scanned two days ago at the Indianapolis Airport |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. and since they now have a picture of you naked, an oh well to a glove and telling you to bend over |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. The Media Seems To Be Pushing These Whole Body Scanners...... |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. if this stuff gets widespread use... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. No, haven't been in one yet. I'm sure it won't be an uplifting experience |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. Sharing your nakedness might make it a more intimate human experience. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. Maybe it is a teleportation device. |
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