Last September I flew out to Portland OR. At the Dulles airport I was the recipient of a full body pat down because of my insulin pump, and a false positive reading on an explosives detector (I guess it didn't help that I had cleaned out the ferrets' litter box just before leaving). The pat down was extremely intrusive to the point where from now on given the choice I would go for a scanner every time.
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Scott Stewart <webmas...@sstwebworks.com> wrote: > > Lemme throw this out there... > > I blew my knee out badly about 10 months ago, given my current > work/family situation I can't have it surgically repaired so I'm > wearing a very large brace on my left knee. The brace in question is > made out of aluminium and velcro, and I really cant take it off > because there's a pretty good chance of my knee going in a very wrong > direction and no one wants to see that nor do I want to further damage > the knee. > > I set the metal detectors off *every* time, to the point that I tell > the person manning it that I'm going to set it off and why. I will > always get the secondary pat down because of it. I welcome a faster > method like a full body scan, so that I can get through security > faster and not be at the mercy of the TSA folks and how fast they're > moving that day. > > I have to fly for my job, I can't say "no I'm not going to where ever > to teach because I don't want my personal rights violated". Anything > that allows me to get through security faster, I'm all for it...... > for now.. > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:27 AM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> I went through one at San Jose last month, but the more I read about this >>> technology, the more I am thinking I am not flying again until they remove >>> these things from security. They emit x-rays, far more than originally >>> estimated, and can lead to skin cancer. They store images and I'm guessing >>> that they can transmit images, too. >>> >>> And what about the crotch pat-downs they have been giving people who >>> refuse? >>> Apparently that's not even a safety procedure, it's designed to force >>> people >>> back into the scanners. F-cking bureaucrats will be the death of us all. >>> >> >> 57% of people in an informal poll on CNN.COM yesterday said they are fine >> with the new security screenings involving a full body X-ray or pat down. >> >> So pathetic. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331690 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
