TSA scanners – Yay or Nay?
December 1st, 2010
Despite all the outrage about TSA security measures violating the Fourth Amendment (which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures), airline travel over the Thansgiving weekend went pretty smoothly with 99% of travellers choosing to use the Advanced Imaging Technology machines. Of course, there was the occasional hiccup – the kid who was strip-searched (what was the agent thinking??), the guy who opted out and got so thorough a pat-down that he threatened to have the TSA agent arrested if his”junk” was touched.
So should we accept body-scanning as another necessary annoyance during travel? Personally, I’m okay with it (those TSA dudes do have some basic policies in place: for example, the scanning-agent never gets to see the “real” passenger and images are immediately deleted) IF it ensures my safety. But does it really do that, given the apparent innovativeness of the modern terrorist?
What do you think? Yay or nay to these imaging devices?
Nay!
Heyyy………I’d rather be safe up in the air! I’m ok with scanners if it increases airline safety
But does it? Or will terrorists simply adapt?
Yay…..when we are in the “sharing” economy where we share where Bobby had lunch to your location in the grocery store- its a small price to pay for security
Yeah, but is Bobby willing to share what he looks like sans clothes? 🙂
It’s not difficult to build a completely safe society – put a third of the population into prison, appoint the second third their prisoners, and then rotate. I’m almost sure that North Korea had zero airplane/terrorism – related incidents in the past ten years. Does it make it a model society for us?
It’s all about finding a balance between safe slavery and dangerous freedom. Are we moving too far and too fast in the direction of safety?
Great point!But I’m sure there’s a happy medium somewhere. 🙂
i love it