Airport Body Scanners - What would you do?

[Randimus Maximus]

Even so, why voluntarily add extra radiation to yourself if you can avoid it??

...you never know... 

I guess we should stop drinking water then too.  It has a higher radiation content than the scanner (again, assuming that the information the TSA has posted is correct).

[akmnstr]

I saw the movie Scanners back in the 70s and there is no way I'll let a scanner have a piece of me.  Having my head blow up would just ruin my flight.    

[Monster Dave]

I saw the movie Scanners back in the 70s and there is no way I'll let a scanner have a piece of me.  Having my head blow up would just ruin my flight.    

I guess we should stop drinking water then too.  It has a higher radiation content than the scanner (again, assuming that the information the TSA has posted is correct).

Now lets not over react. It's a legitimate question. Nothing here has been alarmist in anyway.


Besides, I'd be far more concerned about the water from my tap being unsanitary and poisoning me than anything else!!

[Randimus Maximus]

Not overreacting.

I already said I go through them if they ask me to.

[Raux]

get a nice raging hardon and then get scanned

[RAT900]

air travel is so disgusting now anyway...

deregulation and terrorism saw to that

sure scan me

unfortunately I am old enough to remember

how nice it once was

[Monster Dave]

unfortunately I am old enough to remember

how nice it once was

I agree. It used to be so nice to be able to not have to worry, for your loved ones to be able to walk you to the gate, but I think most of all I miss the observation decks that airports used to have to watch planes take off.

[ducatiz]

Even so, why voluntarily add extra radiation to yourself if you can avoid it??





...you never know... 

or worse:

[akmnstr]

get a nice raging hardon and then get scanned

I had the same idea, but for the pat down.  Maybe some inflatable fake one that gets bigger the more they pat you.  

I spend too much time thinking about shit to pull on TSA.  I've come close a couple of times to losing it and getting cuffed and spread.  I just have this problem with authority.  

[ducatiz]

I had the same idea, but for the pat down.  Maybe some inflatable fake one that gets bigger the more they pat you.  

I spend too much time thinking about shit to pull on TSA.  I've come close a couple of times to losing it and getting cuffed and spread.  I just have this problem with authority.  

they aren't going to cuff you for having a dildo in your shorts.  you might end up in someone's fantasy workout, but not cuffed as long as you comply.

[duccarlos]

It's a lot faster to go through the scan. They will either violate you manually or with minuscule amounts of radiation. I get more radiation by standing in front of my microwave.

An alternative is to not fly at all.

[ducatiz]

It's a lot faster to go through the scan. They will either violate you manually or with minuscule amounts of radiation. I get more radiation by standing in front of my microwave.

An alternative is to not fly at all.

Microwave radiation is not the same.  Neither is Radio wave radiation or cel phone radiation or light bulb radiation. 

Xray radiation is a different beast altogether.

[sbrguy]

like the last post says, if you don't like it don't fly.

that is what everyone seems to always say about everything, "if you don't like the rules of the forum, leave and make your own but you can't criticize it" ,etc.

so why should the tsa and body scanners be any different, they should just make it simple, you do this or you don't fly simple as that, no if ands or buts in the equation.

ooh wait is that a bit draconian and rigid? hmmm funny how people suddenly want to bend or break rules if they don't agree with them and will try to justify how the rule is no longer valid, etc., see the saying of "if you don't like, make your own" isn't always as clear cut or even feasible.

[akmnstr]

they aren't going to cuff you for having a dildo in your shorts.  you might end up in someone's fantasy workout, but not cuffed as long as you comply.

The almost being cuffed thing has to do with my temper tantrums and nothing to do with dildos yet.  I'm just a grumpy old fart that annoys everyone.  Based on what you say, that a dildo won't get me cuffed, I may just have to try it.  

I fly a lot for work and have yet to encounter a scanner.  I haven't decided yet what I'll do when I encounter one.  

[sbrguy]

The almost being cuffed thing has to do with my temper tantrums and nothing to do with dildos yet.  I'm just a grumpy old fart that annoys everyone.  Based on what you say, that a dildo won't get me cuffed, I may just have to try it.  

I fly a lot for work and have yet to encounter a scanner.  I haven't decided yet what I'll do when I encounter one.  

they may not be able to cuff you, but i'm sure like all things in life, they can make your life a living hell for a few hours enough to make you forever remember it and miss your flight at the very least if you come off as a smart a$$