But for fairness’s sake, I wanted to offer AS&E’s defense on the health front.
The company’s vice president of marketing Joe Reiss told me in an interview that any dosage received by a human from these backscatter vans would be “exceedingly small,” far smaller than a medical x-ray. He says that the vans’ dosage falls well within the health standards set by American National Standards Institute, and AS&E’s marketing materials say that the scan’s x-ray levels are equivalent to the dosage received in fifteen minutes inside a typical airplane. [More]
What, profit-motivated economic fascist Joe Reiss said it, you believe it, that settles it?
Yeah, well, I don't know that, do I? I'm not privy to their calibration validation, and I'm certainly not notified when parameters are exceeded. Plus I haven't been given an opportunity to sign an informed consent.
If anyone finds out this is being used on them, why shouldn't they treat it as an assault in progress and respond accordingly?
And why shouldn't they come up there and object in person?
For fairness's sake...?
Street roving vans????? It's not enough that they will subject you to this against your will in airports????
ReplyDeleteAre we sure the Antichrist is n't already alive and well?
When they scan me, it may disturb them to find that I am scanning them, through a rifle scope.
ReplyDeleteWhat was it again that they are supposed to be looking for?
ReplyDeleteMost people receive FAR too much "medical" radiation as is is. Forget the tin foil hats... use it in your underwear.
Obviously the intent is to create a weapon-free zone ... the moment you step out your front door. If THAT late.
ReplyDeleteI read about WWII resistance fighters carrying their pistols not in holsters but loops of string through their belts, in case of checkpoints, so they could ditch the gun and not be executed right then and there if found with a gun or accessories. If the Nazis had had this technology, things could have turned out much differently.
It WILL be misused. It always is.
Three words:
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The van will light up a radiation detector much greater range than the van itself can see.
"If it bleeds, we can kill it."
III
Years ago, long before I discovered the internet, I told people this was one of my lines in the sand. It still is.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to find a way to get every person everywhere to carry a gun-shaped metal cutout, just a silhouette, in order to see if it would foil these Big Brother eyes.
Funny, I was thinking the same thing. I have an old 1911 replica. I'd take just the slide and frame and carry it under clothing and see if it'd get picked up. It's missing ALL the parts, so nobody culd call it a firearm, but it would be good to test limits.
ReplyDeleteRe Kent McManigal's suggestion for "every person everywhere to carry a gun-shaped metal cutout", that would put the detector operators in fear for their safety and would probably be met with deadly force. Martyrdom, anyone? This is starting to resemble Monty Python's witch detection scheme.
ReplyDeleteSolution? Whenever possible, carry a real weapon. It is time to contact your Congresscritter and advocate revocation of all this silliness. After all, they are your representatives, right?
In other words, treat all of the people as if they were heavily armed - with civility, politeness, and restraint.