tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post7616388893838943645..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: TSA: Thousands Standing Around (and then radiating you)William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-59780783710049985622010-11-18T13:55:26.965-05:002010-11-18T13:55:26.965-05:00For years, I have really hated the hassle of flyin...For years, I have really hated the hassle of flying. Now that my husband is fitted out with a knee replacement, he is subjected to ridiculously "thorough" searches. And the last one was before the "enhanced" regulations. Until they re-introduce some sanity into airport security, I will avoid flying except in cases of extreme emergency.Judith Lownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11483411554456743562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-38241062330466909182010-11-18T12:16:02.856-05:002010-11-18T12:16:02.856-05:00I read somewhere a suggestion that the state of Ar...I read somewhere a suggestion that the state of Arizona should pass a law requiring all illegal immigrants to undergo full-body scans. The federal government would then quickly move to have these machines banned.LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-63112785749198383452010-11-17T23:01:12.064-05:002010-11-17T23:01:12.064-05:00A guy I fired (we both worked for a large federal ...A guy I fired (we both worked for a large federal agency) was hired by the TSA as a screener shortly after 9/11. The new hire vetting process was a joke then and probably hasn't changed much over the years. <br /><br />I bet this guy loves monitoring the imaging display in the back room at the Minneapolis Airport and making copies of the best images for his sleazy friends or slipping on a pair of rubber gloves and working the pat down position.Bumsurfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069745161845714946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-15456618420484657072010-11-17T18:17:05.858-05:002010-11-17T18:17:05.858-05:00"The right of the people to be secure in thei..."The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated..." except at airports by Federal TSA agents.<br /><br />Enough said?Sherman Broderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303254076434452276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-36286347405416318002010-11-17T17:21:33.720-05:002010-11-17T17:21:33.720-05:00"hire bomb and chemical-sniffing dogs" -..."hire bomb and chemical-sniffing dogs" - you hit the nail on the head there, Kathleen. Not just to sniff plane and cargo, either, but to sniff the passengers as they come through security. If a package of PETN was spread thin between sheets of saran wrap and wrapped around the thighs under jeans, I doubt that the people reading the XXX-ray scanners or the folks doing the groin check would even notice. That would NEVER get past a bomb-sniffing dog though, and nobody would utter a peep in protest. In fact, I doubt anyone would object with more than "woah there, frisky doggie" if the bomb sniffing dog went in for a closer check of the groin. Who hasn't had that happen anyway from a friend's dog?<br /><br />Rather than national opt-out day though, I think that there are better ways to show civil disobedience, such as someone else's idea of everyone wearing kilts and going commando, or the two ideas I've come up with:<br /><br />1. realistic to the touch artificial foot-long "junk" (probably available at any adult book store) dangling down the pant leg to inspire feelings of inferiority in any screener doing a pat-down. If enough men did this, the screener would end up thinking he's in the bottom percentile for size. Double points if a woman did this. Imagine the surprise when a female screener runs her had over wrong-gender junk that just shouldn't have been there. There being just above the knee.<br /><br />2. wearing a codpiece, preferably with a padlock. Or for those on a budget, simply an athletic cup.Nobody specialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741710674955707541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-7915152866238212010-11-17T16:34:08.565-05:002010-11-17T16:34:08.565-05:00"Apparently, though, the radiation being put ..."Apparently, though, the radiation being put out by the scanner is far less than the what passengers receive from cosmic rays at 30,000 feet. In other words, the damage is equal to about four minutes in the air, but for that 5% of the population who is particularly sensitive, why should they be subject to a greater risk?"<br /><br />Hmmm... Since you get into numbers... Let's say, conservatively, the average air segment is maybe 60 min at 30K feet, so a radiation increase of, what, "far less than" 7% per leg? "Far less" is maybe an order of magnitude (could it be 2 orders)? So .7%? And 5% of the population is "particularly sensitive" (what does that mean, exactly?) 0.035% of the population are placed in an unspecified additional risk? An additional risk like, say, 1% of them will die before their time (I have no idea how you would falsify my guess. I'd like to see your proof that I'm wrong). So, 0.00035% of the *air traveling* public might die early (how early, one month, one year, one decade?) because of these new-fanged machines.<br /><br />"why should they be subject to a greater risk?" There is a risk-benefit trade-off in everything we do. It would be more satisfying if you articulated this. As it is, your argument is extremely shallow, I fear.<br /><br />There are arguments against the TSA's idiotic policies that are much stronger than the one you put forward.Freddy Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230818564076744839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-76210741667247426982010-11-17T15:52:26.351-05:002010-11-17T15:52:26.351-05:00Radiation, molestation or deportation: No one flie...Radiation, molestation or deportation: No one flies for free. ~TSA MottoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-76812043004230398362010-11-17T15:50:43.134-05:002010-11-17T15:50:43.134-05:00Yes, I think the terrorists are winning. I'm g...Yes, I think the terrorists are winning. I'm glad you mentioned the radiation that we would be exposed to. I'm one who will opt out of it and then will have to put up with the groping. I absolutely do not believe them when they say it's safe. How can we trust anything the government says? And how would I know if I'm sensitive to it? <br />Since Israel obviously knows what they're doing, why don't we just do the same thing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com