After flipping channels sometime around 3am, I settled with the news. As a wrap up to the 15 or so depressing stories about deaths that occurred yesterday, there was a quick segment on the TSA's new body scan process. Apparently it is now a federal crime to illegally record or distribute those images. So I guess the protesters have won and we can all be happy our bits and pieces won't be circulating on the Internet. Okay, well most of us can but I'm sure some of you are smirking since that doesn't quite apply to you.
Here's my issue with all of this - have you SEEN these pictures? If you haven't, here's a sample I picked up off Google.
While I suppose it's fairly intrusive, I'm sure most people could IMAGINE a better naked shot of him. The interesting part is that I haven't seen many complaints regarding exploitation of children (which I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND) or really anything I'd consider absolutely valid. Most of the protest is probably coming from people with more revealing photos posted on their Facebook pages. If you are concerned your dreams of dating an airport security employee will be shattered after he realizes your boobs are only that big from a push-up bra, well that's just silly. He saw all of them packed in your suitcase when that was scanned anyway.
So to lighten the mood and make people feel better about themselves (and this process), I've sketched a quick version of what I think my screening would look like.
See? No big deal!
Ladies and gentlemen - we all want to be safe on planes. We also want to get to our destinations as quickly as possible. So just suck it up, let them scan your parts and move on with your life.
What people won't do for their 15 minutes of fame. They're so upset about the invasion of privacy they go on Good Morning America and show the image while tears fall down their cheeks. What we don't see is they are probably pinching their inner thighs to get the tears flowing...
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