Dead in 2011

Sgt PSN · May 03, 2011, 07:48:37 PM

Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 03, 2011, 07:37:41 PM
The putdowns are not much better but I will not get an xray because the government says so.

But you'll take a pat down from some GED toting street trash because the gov't says to?

I'll take the xray....both are unneccessary imo, but the xray is faster, less invasive and doesn't require some dipshtein fargtard putting his hands all over my junk.

PhillyPhreak54 · May 03, 2011, 07:56:15 PM

Seeing inside my body via xray is way more invasive to me. No one should have to submit to a farging xray to get on a plane.

farg that. I will take the patdown and continue protesting the violation of my rights.

Sgt PSN · May 03, 2011, 08:06:17 PM

That's the thing, you're not really protesting as the patdown is just as much a violation as the x-ray. Anyone who thinks they are making some sort of political statement by declining the x-ray is mistaken. If you don't want the x-ray, that's cool. But they aren't going to go away just because you elect not to use them.

PhillyPhreak54 · May 03, 2011, 08:17:59 PM

Actually they do track the number of opt outs.

And many travelers have protested in refusing to walk through them. An Alaskan politician actually refused both and just didn't fly back to Alaska- she took a boat.

Go check out FlyerTalk's travel/safety security forum and see the lengths people go trough in protesting this garbage. I will take a patdown before they xray me. Only time I'm getting xrays is from a doctor not the farging TSA.

phattymatty · May 03, 2011, 08:37:36 PM

Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 03, 2011, 08:17:59 PM

Go check out FlyerTalk's travel/safety security forum

HAHAHAHA

PoopyfaceMcGee · May 03, 2011, 08:56:07 PM

I saw a guy getting a pat-down at Logan today. He was not happy. But he looked like he hadn't showered, so the joke's on TSA!

SunMo · May 03, 2011, 09:17:44 PM

you could always drive if you don't want to obey the rules

Geowhizzer · May 03, 2011, 09:23:34 PM

Quote from: SunMo on May 03, 2011, 09:17:44 PM
you could always drive if you don't want to obey the rules

That's what I plan to do this summer.

Diomedes · May 03, 2011, 09:24:09 PM

Trains and buses are also still running, believe it or not.

phattymatty · May 03, 2011, 09:41:53 PM

i'm just way too lazy to care, everyone time i get body scanned i've usually had about 5 cigs in the last few hours so i don't think the xray is giving me more cancer.

MMH · May 03, 2011, 10:09:01 PM

Christ, the air quality in most of the nation is so bad the X-ray is the least or your worries.
You can't bail on the scanner over health concerns. The privacy issues on the other hand...

PhillyPhreak54 · May 03, 2011, 11:02:33 PM

Quote from: SunMo on May 03, 2011, 09:17:44 PM
you could always drive if you don't want to obey the rules

That's a MA response.

No, you can't just drive it you don't want to be xrayed. People have to travel for business. And once again, it should not be a rule to have your body scanned to get on a farging airplane. What's next? Have someone have you squat and cough and get a full cavity search? All in the name of the rules and security, right?

Bullshtein - it is a violation of the 4th amendment.

And what if you want to go on vacation - should you just buck up and go along with the sheep/system and hop in the machines? Just to get on a plane?

If you have no issue with losing your privacy and freedom just to get on a plane - cool. I hope you enjoy it. But I don't. I don't get too wound up about things but this is one. I find it ridiculous that the US government forces its citizens to be seen naked just to travel around the country.

I should not have to drive (or not go) 24 hours to go home and visit rather than fly 3 hours because I don't want to be xrayed to get on a plane.

PhillyPhreak54 · May 03, 2011, 11:05:16 PM

Quote from: MMH on May 03, 2011, 10:09:01 PM
Christ, the air quality in most of the nation is so bad the X-ray is the least or your worries.
You can't bail on the scanner over health concerns. The privacy issues on the other hand...

Sure, privacy issues are the top of the list, but I don't want to be unnecessarily xrayed. I find it ridiculous that I have to get into an xray machine to get on a plane.

PhillyPhreak54 · May 03, 2011, 11:10:32 PM

Quote from: Diomedes on May 03, 2011, 09:24:09 PM
Trains and buses are also still running, believe it or not.

And the TSA is showing up at bus depot and train stations too. In Chicago, Atlanta and DC they've been greeting passengers at terminals and searching luggage a "in the name of security and out of an abundance of caution"

charlie · May 04, 2011, 08:31:23 AM

Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 03, 2011, 11:05:16 PM
Quote from: MMH on May 03, 2011, 10:09:01 PM
Christ, the air quality in most of the nation is so bad the X-ray is the least or your worries.
You can't bail on the scanner over health concerns. The privacy issues on the other hand...

Sure, privacy issues are the top of the list, but I don't want to be unnecessarily xrayed. I find it ridiculous that I have to get into an xray machine to get on a plane.

If you were serious about privacy, you wouldn't use a cell phone, or use a credit or debit card.