Parents - how do you feel about your child being put through one of the full body scanners? I'm flying through Heathrow in a few months with my daughter and passengers in Britain are prohibited from refusing the body scan if they are randomly selected. No scan, no fly and children are not excluded - as long as they can stand still for 5 seconds it's mandatory. There's a bill in progress right now that would make the body scanners mandatory in the US and make them the primary means of screening. Would you allow your child to be scanned by one of these machines?
Anonymous2010-09-06T11:14:14Z
It's not something I really like, but I'd prefer it over my plane being hijacked. Plus, according to The Boston Globe, the agents dealing with the person never sees the image and the agent seeing the image never sees the person. Also, they say you can get a pat down and metal detector screening instead, if you choose. Finally, the images are said to be blurred and they're working with technology to make the image look like a paper-doll cutout unless a threat is detected.
Quite honestly, I don't know how "random" those searches really are. I've spoken with people who have parents of different nationalities who, every single time they fly, are "randomly" chosen for more intensive security measures.
Again, I'm not thrilled about full body scanners but that's what happens when people hijack planes and FLY THEM INTO BUILDINGS, killing thousands of people. The notion of liberty is changing in America. It's terrible, but that's what the world is coming to. If you don't want to put your child through that then don't fly. But, in the end, I'd rather have some random security guard see a blurred image of a body than have someone get on a plane with me when they have a bomb strapped to their chest. A body is a body after all, it's just like when you go to the doctor's, they're just doing their job.
there is different issues they'd do rather of the full physique scanners. As a woman i does not desire them to examine me! and that i'm no longer announcing it as a Muslim female, i'm announcing it as a typical female. and that i understand you men are gonna think of i'm lieing yet i'm no longer. to boot each and every physique has the main appropriate to no longer do it! Fireball you assert their being careful!? in the event that they are how can they omit the shoe bomber or notwithstanding they opt to call him? I easily think of they do no longer take it heavily. in the event that they did, then no longer something might ensue!
They only see the outline. The security guys will be more interested in the women's outlines believe me. People need to stop being paranoid, the majority of people are not pedophiles.
as a fellow passenger i would have a huge fit if your child wasn't scanned... there are all sorts of crazy people in this world and i don't want you to be one of them... and plant something on your kid...