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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:37 PM Original message |
Full Body Scans at the Airports. I thought they were optional. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow. What airport? I had no idea they were already in place. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Denver airport |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I'm so sorry that happened, and I would agree that dark skinned people |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Michael Chertoff is invested in these damn things! |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Even Italians? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. The deeper you go into the red states, |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Irradiating peopel out of fear |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Great. She was exposed to radiation. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. She was exposed to much more radiation while she was in flight |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. It's the accumulation that we're looking at. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. They've had them in place for awhile now in a handful of US airports. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. If they were optional they would be of no use. I'd never do it. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. they are generally optional WITH the option |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Is there a law she can recite? |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yes it is optional |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Well, considering that this may have an impact on the flight industry... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. no |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I'm okay with the pat down, |
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Tommy_J (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Expect to be punished for taking the option |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. If this happened to you, you should complain: |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Good point. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Deleted sub-thread |
NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. TSA: "These technologies are optional for all passengers."... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. They never gave her an option. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. yes, optional--- it's the scan OR a pat-down |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. They should verbally have to say it, like the Miranda law, |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. makes sense to me nt |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. I hate it when "optional" refers to a Hobson's choice. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Somebody needs to notify the ACLU. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The ACLU is on it. What we need is for PEOPLE to just say no |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Great website. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I found a complaint form for tsa |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. They've been ordered here, too, |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Maybe it's time to get the ACLU involved. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. I wonder how optional they won't be here |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I'm just looking at the practical aspects of this thing. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I've gotten every time I've gotten on a plane; it's certainly discouraging me from travel.. (nt) |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. The only break I got from these inspections was a trick that one |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. The TSA guy selected me for additional screening but told me it was optional |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That IS weird. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-09-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. This is why I still enjoy using my small town airport to enter the system. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
34. She was selected for second screening |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. She didn't know. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. There's probably a small dose of "don't even think of mouthing off" there |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. The Problem is, of course, that they are under no obligation to explain that it's Optional. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Yes, but dark-skinned people are going to be increasingly impacted by this. |
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