11-17-2010, 10:43 PM
Firecrest Wrote:I just don't think they are effective at all and just a waste of money. Profiling is less humiliating, infinitely more effective, and would save billions.lawlerbation Wrote:you either consent to a full body scan or are subjected to a fully body pat downOR you put your insecure ass on a train, bus or car.
sanderz Wrote:Terahertz emitters and detectors are "incredibly, ridiculously" expensive to produce (its not some conspiracy that each scanner is $1.5 million), and the DoD is spending billions on research every year. Lobbyists aren't making shit.Lobbyists are making plenty as are the manufacturers and research and development of this technology as is even the Ad Council to help persuade public opinion in regards to the technology, all thanks to tax-payers.
This may be the article your thinking of Hitshade, but I wholly agree with it. Full Frontal Nudity Doesn’t Make Us Safer: Abolish the TSA.