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Principia Discordia => Aneristic Illusions => Topic started by: Prince Glittersnatch III on November 30, 2010, 05:04:30 AM

Title: The Audacity of authoritarianism
Post by: Prince Glittersnatch III on November 30, 2010, 05:04:30 AM
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/08/24/full-body-scan-technology-deployed-in-street-roving-vans/

Oh don't mind the street roaming vans with full body scanners on them. It's for your protection. You can never know who could be carrying a nuclear warhead in their pants
Title: Re: The Audacity of authoritarianism
Post by: Don Coyote on November 30, 2010, 05:08:27 AM
This kind of thing fills me with the desire to inflict vigilante style justice upon this decay institution.
Title: Re: The Audacity of authoritarianism
Post by: Prince Glittersnatch III on November 30, 2010, 05:09:59 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGAIJVk1028

Video selling them.
Title: Re: The Audacity of authoritarianism
Post by: Jasper on November 30, 2010, 07:01:30 AM
Wait.  The backscatter machines at airports couldn't pierce skin, and so were deemed 'safe'.  These x-rays pierce car doors.  Are these safe?

There isn't any word of it at all.
Title: Re: The Audacity of authoritarianism
Post by: Jasper on November 30, 2010, 07:06:39 AM
From Defense Industry Daily, a source that is probably sympathetic to AS&E, the manufacturer:

QuoteQuestions have also been raised re: the health risks to those scanned, which may well be ignored in situations of war or insurrection, but become a live issue when proposed as an requirement for popular activities like airline travel.

Which is as good as acknowledging that people should worry.

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/better-than-x-rays-the-z-backscatter-scan-van-04276/

Note:  That select quote was the first and final word of any kind of health concern.  No confirmation or denial as to whether it might actually be safe.
Title: Re: The Audacity of authoritarianism
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on November 30, 2010, 08:36:58 AM
This is dildoes!
Title: Re: The Audacity of authoritarianism
Post by: Persona Facade on December 10, 2010, 07:33:37 AM
It's alright we do not have thought police yet.

Also...did anyone else notice how many bottles were in the example scan of that van?
Title: Re: The Audacity of authoritarianism
Post by: Pæs on December 10, 2010, 10:39:23 AM
I can't wait until this is an available filter on Google Maps.