Don’t like being stripped naked by “whole body imaging” machines or “body scanners”, and then groped to determine whether what they see under your underwear is a padded bra, a mastectomy prosthesis, a menstrual pad, an adult diaper, … or plastic explosives? You could sign this petition … and/or you could organize your own “fleshmob” like this one at Tegel Airport in Berlin. (More links including videos of similar fleshmobs at other airports here.) Originally published on PapersPlease.org.
This Canadian scanner doesn’t have the problems of using x-rays and does not create an anatomically correct image of passengers bodies. I wonder if it has been considered by TSA for deployment in the U.S.?
I know I used this once before, but I needed something that could bring some levity back to this search subject. This is the way it used to be in the good old days. It still brings a smile to my face.
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This one also offered some great levity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ajNpR6bmes
Thanks for the fleshmob. Very clever. It’s a good thing they had a ‘babe’ or it wouldn’t have worked very well. ;-o
Interesting, day’s paper in New York City, the Post, had a survey and in it, it said, 85% had NO PROBLEM with the body scanner.
I’m surprised German’s would do this, they dont have the body hang ups that American’s do. I lived there for 5 years, nudity is viewed differently there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIRxgbZIxag
Another clip re: security scanning.