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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233362 is a reply to message #233359]

Fri, 08 December 2006 13:18

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j_ball430 wrote on Fri, 08 December 2006 13:24

Darkknight wrote on Fri, 08 December 2006 12:18

j_ball430 wrote on Fri, 08 December 2006 16:48

With nearly all of passengers having no intention of hijacking a plane, exposing their privacy seems a little extreme.

It only takes one to blow one up

It only takes one person to shoot another. Should we arrest everybody to prevent that, too?

Yeah the person getting onto a plane with a gun we should prevent that to.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233367 is a reply to message #232650]

Fri, 08 December 2006 13:53

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You people are thinking that they will be showing the x-rays to public. It's like being at a doctor.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233370 is a reply to message #232650]

Fri, 08 December 2006 14:06

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some people get a thrill out of looking at other peoples privacy.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233374 is a reply to message #232650]

Fri, 08 December 2006 14:10

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if this thing keeps just one person from getting onto a plane with a gun or bomb, then yeah im all for it.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233377 is a reply to message #233367]

Fri, 08 December 2006 14:19

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bluethen wrote on Fri, 08 December 2006 15:53

You people are thinking that they will be showing the x-rays to public. It's like being at a doctor.

I don't care if it was just one or two people. I don't feel like being exposed, even if it is in x-ray form.
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I'm not going to sacrifice my privacy because one person may carry a bomb on a plane. There are better methods to test than to use that invasive machine.

whoa.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233398 is a reply to message #232650]

Fri, 08 December 2006 18:59

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I have shit to hide, and I'm for it.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233743 is a reply to message #232650]

Mon, 11 December 2006 03:01

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i wouldn't perticulary be botherd...just as long as the plane don't blow up.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233765 is a reply to message #232650]

Mon, 11 December 2006 08:43

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hmm tough decision.

Plane blowing up or hijacked in one hand or someone seeing your bones. I can see the dilemma in this decision.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233772 is a reply to message #233765]

Mon, 11 December 2006 09:36

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Darkknight wrote on Mon, 11 December 2006 10:43

hmm tough decision.

Plane blowing up or hijacked in one hand or someone seeing your bones. I can see the dilemma in this decision.

Yes, because privacy is so overrated...

This is just another way the government can expand its power.
There are other ways to protect against hijacks.

whoa.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233806 is a reply to message #232650]

Mon, 11 December 2006 15:24

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Bascially it comes down to the eternal question:

"How much freedom are you willing to give up to be safe?"

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233807 is a reply to message #233806]

Mon, 11 December 2006 15:30

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warranto wrote on Mon, 11 December 2006 17:24

Bascially it comes down to the eternal question:

"How much freedom are you willing to give up to be safe?"

I like my privacy. Driving is far more dangerous than flying is. I don't really know of a more safe mode of transportation than flying. There are people who are going to intentionally cause automobile accidents in insurance fraud. There's road rage that creates accidents because someone lost a nut when someone forgot to use a turn signal.

You can't eliminate danger, and I'm not going to give the government any more of my freedom when it comes to flying if they don't try to fix the other, more dangerous, modes of transportation.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233865 is a reply to message #232650]

Tue, 12 December 2006 09:30

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I'd rather take a train than take a plane.

If given the choice, I'd rather just drive. Airports are too much of a hassle to be worth flying unless I'm pressed for time and have to go a long ways or if there's no other way to get where I'm going. I prefer spending 20 or so hours driving to...

spending an hour getting to the nearest airport, then waiting 2 hours in the airport getting reamed by TSA (folks working off a checklist instead of training) in order to spend 3 hours on a plane, with hundreds of people I don't know squeezed in like sardines... only to get off at the other end wondering if my baggage is going to be in the same place I am, spend an hour just getting out of the airport, then another hour getting home again. That's 8 hours at least, assuming that the flight doesn't hit any delays whilst on the ground or in the air- it could easily be as much as 10. Personally, I'd rather take twice as long to get where I'm going and be in control of my means of getting me and my stuff where I'm going, not have the hassle of security, and not have to change what I wear and how I act just to keep from getting "random" screened every freaking time.

Flying ain't worth it. We've got plenty of security measures and technology to make things safe, but as long as the people operating the equipment don't know what they're doing...

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233880 is a reply to message #233772]

Tue, 12 December 2006 11:15

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j_ball430 wrote on Mon, 11 December 2006 10:36

Darkknight wrote on Mon, 11 December 2006 10:43

hmm tough decision.

Plane blowing up or hijacked in one hand or someone seeing your bones. I can see the dilemma in this decision.

Yes, because privacy is so overrated...

This is just another way the government can expand its power.
There are other ways to protect against hijacks.

I don’t like bigger government either and i have very conservative values but to me someone seeing my bones through an x-ray to see if I'm caring a weapon or bomb isn’t a big deal.

If they can stop just one plane from blowing up or being hi-jacked then x-ray me all you want.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233881 is a reply to message #232650]

Tue, 12 December 2006 11:23

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Just an update because people aren't reading the article.

This is not your traditional x-ray.

This does not show bones, it shows the outer layer of a person in a censored, but descriptive format.

http://images.livescience.com/images/061201_ap_airport_xray_01.jpg

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233883 is a reply to message #233881]

Tue, 12 December 2006 11:26

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warranto wrote on Tue, 12 December 2006 12:23

Just an update because people aren't reading the article.

This is not your traditional x-ray.

This does not show bones, it shows the outer layer of a person in a censored, but descriptive format.

ahh ok your right.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233905 is a reply to message #232650]

Tue, 12 December 2006 14:45

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Yeah... that's the picture I was referring to... not the bones. I don't care if airport security could see my bones... I just don't want them to see my "bone"... heh...

whoa.

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Re: Beat this X-ray vision, Superman [message #233916 is a reply to message #233772]

Tue, 12 December 2006 15:57

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j_ball430 wrote on Mon, 11 December 2006 10:36

Darkknight wrote on Mon, 11 December 2006 10:43

hmm tough decision.

Plane blowing up or hijacked in one hand or someone seeing your bones. I can see the dilemma in this decision.

Yes, because privacy is so overrated...

This is just another way the government can expand its power.
There are other ways to protect against hijacks.

Like what? There are bombs that aren't made of metal. So metal detectors won't work. And the only other way is if they FEEL you... even in your "privacy places". Which is still ineffective.

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