National Opt-Out Day Called Against Invasive Body Scanners
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#2I hope they're successful in getting TSA's ridiculous policy changed. One shouldn't have to choose between being unnecessarily irradiated and virtually strip-searched or being sexually assaulted (in any other context, TSA's new pat-down procedures would be classified as criminal sexual conduct) just to ride on an airplane.
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#3I can't get behind this, especially when it comes to kids. I really hope that someone finds proof they do store images and sues the US government/TSA for child pornography or something similar. While I doubt this opt-out day will gain serious traction to make a decision, I agree that the best thing to do is continue to call media attention to and scrutinize it.
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#4Well, I'll be flying that day, but I would probably opt out without the designated day.
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#5I can't get behind this, especially when it comes to kids. I really hope that someone finds proof they do store images and sues the US government/TSA for child pornography or something similar. While I doubt this opt-out day will gain serious traction to make a decision, I agree that the best thing to do is continue to call media attention to and scrutinize it.
The TSA has asserted that the machines cannot store pictures, but security personnel at a courthouse in Florida were found to not only have saved images but shared them among colleagues in order to humiliate one of their coworkers.
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#6The TSA is now calling National Opt-Out Day "irresponsible."
John Pistole, TSA Administrator: "On the eve of a major national holiday and less than one year after al Qaida's failed attack last Christmas Day, it is irresponsible for a group to suggest travelers opt out of the very screening that could prevent an attack using non-metallic explosives." http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/11/12/131275949/protest...
That, to me, doesn't jive with their stance that body scanners aren't a big deal because you can opt out. To me, it confirms that opt-out "enhanced pat-downs" were introduced to intimidate people into being scanned.
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#7Ugh, it makes me sad to see everyone blaming these people for "holding up the line." No, it's the TSA, who decided to treat every passenger as a criminal suspect, who are holding up the line!
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#8Too few people will even give the scanners a second thought. Unfortunately, most people are satiated enough to watch their freedom gradually erode without realizing what's happening. I don't know how far this call to opt-out will spread, but if enough people opt-out to draw the attention of those who haven't paid attention yet, things might change.
It takes a lot of effort to match government sponsored indoctrination. If this works at all, it might lead to a lot more people waking up and saying 'no' to the bullshit constantly being shoved down their throats.
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#10If anybody knows people in tv or radio, it'd be good to get the word out.
Opt-Out Day is Nov 24th. The day before Thanksgiving. It's going to be packed and slow without people opting out. Make sure to remind the mad people that it's the TSA that's forcing you get a pat down.