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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:22 PM Original message |
Airport body scanners violate Islamic law, Muslims say (So, why we need to use these things?) |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought they were still optional? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. they ARE optional |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Quick, someone call a WAAAMBULANCE!!! They can choose not to fly or to get a different search. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. strippin you down and taking away rights is.... progress. bah haha. nt |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. ZZzzzzzzz....... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. i think of better words, pro or con. but progress? nah. nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Then choose to get patted down instead. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. i would take the pat. i am concerned it will become not a choice. i long stopped airports |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I think it will always be a choice. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. a decade ago, people would have said there would be no way this would be allowed. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. A decade ago I was surprised how little precautions we took to prevent terrorist attack. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. those simple things are reasonable. effective. doable without creating the present |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. It will take time but the pendulum which reach a max and then swing back. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. There are more than a few democratic countries where it's not a choice anymore |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. On the other hand... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. progress? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Progress? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Respect is a wonderful thing. You should get some. n/t |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. R E S P E C T, find out what it means to me! |
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WarKillsChildren (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Cancer |
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Trekologer (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. You get a higher dose of radiation from being in the plane during flight |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
37. That argument doesn't deflate the fear |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. The radiation dose from fly is about 100x higher. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, in a backhanded way the scanners worked |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. They are the whiniest bastards on the face of the earth. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Greyhound still has service to most cities. n/t |
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KILL THE WISE ONE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. Flying is an optional means of transportation. |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. The scanners don't show any details. They just tell you whether you're HAWT or NAWT!!! |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh, well, why didn't they say so? Body scanners are out. Next complaint? |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. "Do whatever you want to us; we don't care," most Americans say |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. There's walking, the train, a ship or boat, even a car .... |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Like "When in Rome"! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. Thank god we have these machines. And why limit them to just airports? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
24. So sorry, but my safety is more important than your woo |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. the illusion of safety? i dont get how people can seriously say this gives them safety |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I think that's a big argument against these scanners. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. i really really do not understand (and didnt with repug) this ability to tell self |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I have an open mind |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. underware dude was caught and the so called bomb didn't work |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
30. Fine, they can call Greyhound: 1-800-231-2222. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
41. My sense of modesty is affronted as well by these machines |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. There has been plenty of anti-terrorism fatwas and other edicts |
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