TSA lied: naked-scanners can store and transmit images

Boing Boing ^ | January 11, 2010 | Cory Doctorow

[CurlyDave]

Evidently, you were never taught the virtue of MODESTY, nor were you granted the gift of self-effacement and general "politesse".

More's the pity, since you once seemed intelligent.

The history of "the virtue of MODESTY" is long and checkered.

There was a time when women gave birth under a blanket to insure their modesty. Horrible mistakes were made. Chinese doctors once had porcelain dolls of naked women so a patient could point to the part of the doll she was concerned about on her own body. In the islamic world "virtue police" push young girls back into burning schools to make them don a burka before fleeing the fire.

In your oh-so-vast-intelligence, where do you think we should draw the modesty line in 2010? Where do you think that line will be in 2020?

While I am not going to stand naked in my window, I recognize there are times & places where someone might need to view the body that God gave me. If you wish to believe there is something wrong with this I can not persuade you otherwise. I do not share your fear of nudity.