Because the pat down will take longer than the 30-second body scan, Orbitz Senior Editor Jeanenne Tornatore recommends the scanner.Meanwhile, the "National Newspaper of the Travel Industry" has a poll on its website asking if you prefer a pat-down or body scanner (no third option). "Pardon me, ma'am. Would you prefer if I rape you or stab you?" Here's a screenshot of Travel Weekly's poll (lower right):
Tell Orbitz and the rest of the travel industry what you think of their recommendations and polls!
It seems to me that someone with a legal background could challenge these scanners and the pat down, on the fact that they violate every Americans fourth amendment right once you have no other choice to be able to travel freely, through what was once known as the freindly skies. I don't recall the statement guilty before proven innocent in the constitution.
ReplyDeleteTo live free you have to be willing to accept the fact bad things do happen in the world, but if everyone would turn off the doom and gloom tv and quit reading the papers they would realize that where they live is probably pretty safe. There are over 3 hundred million people in this country. Statistically speaking it would be impossible to stop every bad thing from happening in this country or world. If something unfortunent happens in Arizona it does not mean 2000 miles away in some other town it will be happening to you next. Bad people generally are not standing armys they are lone crazed individual or individuals. We can not lock ourselves up to stop the bad guy from getting us.
ReplyDelete@Anon #1 - A group called EPIC is taking the case to court: http://stoptsascanners.blogspot.com/2010/11/federal-case.html
ReplyDelete@Anon #2 - yes, a little moderation would be nice!
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ReplyDeleteSince you brought stats into the equation, try this one. Your chances of winning the lottery or getting hit by lightning twice are greater than your being involved in an act of terror. In other words, the government would get more bang for its buck if they made us all wear lightning rods rather than be subjected to the phoney security.
As to concerns over privacy and keeping my clothes on, the scanners represent a real health threat. Subjecting women and childern to radiation is absolutely stupid. Don't be led into the trap of assuming that this device is safe. No source of radiation is safe. Then when you take into consideration the limited quality controls on the devices, you are asking for trouble.
Keep asking why we have to be subjected to such scrutiny when it is only, and I mean only Muslims that are trying to harm people on airplanes. Certainly there have been a handful of non-Muslims over the last 50 years that have committed terrorist acts. But these are rare and we need to impress that on our government. During WWII we didn't have this level of security and we were in far greater danger then.
I wish EPIC all the luck in the world with their lawsuit. While a legal victory would be all but a certainty in the legal system of a nation governed by the rule of law, Amerika today is not such a nation. While I hope I'm wrong, I see EPIC's suit going down in flames, either tossed out by a lower court or the "judicial" arm of the State absolving itself of responsibility by ruling against it.
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