I was on the Armstrong and Getty show this morning. Thanks to Reader Ben B. for putting this on YouTube so quickly.
" Common Sense and Security: Body Scanners, Accountability, and $2.4 Billion Worth of Security Theater https://www.eff.org/n/11937 #wontfly " — wewontfly
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TSA Blinks in Face of We Won’t Fly and Opt Out Day Campaigns (Press Release)
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Well, it’s their right to go through the scan if they wish, to ignore what’s going on. But by opting out of the scan, others will be able to see in front of their own eyes how our right to be free from unlawful search is being violated. Perhaps if the scans were projected for all in the line to see, they might change their minds.
By opting out of flying, I’ll be doing myself a favor: I’d rather surround myself with people who are determined to get angry and fight back when something is wrong than be on a plane full of spineless wimps who’ll just do as they’re told. The TSA has NEVER saved anybody. In the end, it has always been up to individual citizens seeing something wrong and doing something about it.
TSA pass along MRSA infections and bed-bugs…..Demand fresh gloves and demand that they wash hands in between changes.
I’m with you, anonymouse.
But because there are some people who ARE willing to give up their rights it makes it that much harder to fight against this illegal search business. I look forward to seeing some lawsuits, however I do not look forward to seeing any damage claims, since the U.S. taxpayer will be the one who pays. The government’s pocket is in the taxpayer’s coat.
Wow, you handled a difficult interview incredibly well. I can’t believe how they scoffed at the idea that we should have a right to dignity, though! The right to dignity is pretty much encompassed within the right to privacy.
And the only reason The Right to Be Free From Random Governmental Employees Seeing You Naked and Groping You isn’t in the Constitution is that it’s So Fucking Ridiculous and Wrong that the Founding Fathers would never have found it necessary to even conceive of.
America’s strayed a long way from its noble foundations and the courage it took to make a free country. We aren’t a free country anymore, no matter what a lot of people claim. Most of the people in the U.S. are lazy, compliant, ignorant sheep. What a tragedy.
I hope you prove me wrong, fellow U.S. citizens and stage this protest real well while I’m over here in Korea!