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"Full body xray...remember they were testing one?"

The device they were testing was far more than just a simple x-ray - it was a virtual stripsearch. I can handle being sniffed by a dog or "sniffed" by an explosives detection device, but I'll be damned if I'll submit to a stripsearch by Hardees-rejects just to take a vacation. Yes, I want the airplane safe - but not at all costs. If they modified the device such that it displayed only a generic human figure on the screen and pointed out potential trouble spots in relative positions, I might be a bit more forgiving.

125 posted on 08/31/2004 1:49:25 PM PDT by NJ_gent (Conservatism begins at home. Security begins at the border. Please, someone, secure our borders.)

I just re-thought my post and want to add something briefly. For me to be more forgiving of the equipment, I would want it, and its operators to - at all times - be under the control and supervision of airline employees, with government employees specifically barred from using it. Why? Mission creep. I don't want to have to walk through 10 of these things on my way to work.

132 posted on 08/31/2004 1:52:52 PM PDT by NJ_gent (Conservatism begins at home. Security begins at the border. Please, someone, secure our borders.)