when i saw this story below i wasn’t surprised. you would think if the tsa is forcing us to stand in x-ray tubes they would have tested the absolute shit out of the machines to make sure they are safe for us. well, there is a reason they are not testing them and releasing the reports.

i travel a lot and i have only gone through one scanner which was at the denver international airport. the reason i went through was because they made a really big fuss about me opting out and i was late for my flight. the shitty part was that not only did i go through the scanner but they proceeded to give me the full pat down afterwards. the proverbial lose lose i guess.

while traveling lately i have been paying attention to how many people opt out and it is next to none. a recent study by cbs showed that in one hour over 600 people went through security at chicago o’hare and not a single person chose to opt out of the scanner. one other thing i have noticed is that kids usually under the age of 18 are filed to go through the basic metal detector and not the scanner. i have asked people at security why this is and they never give me an answer.

one thing about opting out that does piss me off is that they always give me a hard time about it when i ask. i usually get responses like are you sure sir, it is an invasive pat down… or my personal favorite it will take a while sir, we have to pull someone from the floor to assist you… – i don’t give two fucks what you have to do. it is my right to opt out so i could care less if i am a wrench in your operation. i don’t want cancer.

my encouragement is this: opt out – and encourage others to opt out. yes, you may get your parts rubbed up and down but it is better than what those cancer boxes are doing to your insides. also i think the higher the number of opt outs the stronger the message is to tsa that people aren’t taking it – even though the federal court ruled the naked scanners as constitutional. lame.

things are starting to look like that scene in airplane:

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