People Are Angry About Airport Security
November 18, 2010 2:30 AM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: Wacky Taiwanese Animation is pretty thin for a post. -- cortex
Sorry ~ I checked for duplication but, yes, I see now that this team has been featured before with their take on a different topic.
posted by honey-barbara at 4:03 AM on November 18, 2010
posted by honey-barbara at 4:03 AM on November 18, 2010
People Are Angry About Airport Security
Really? I have no idea why. Front page of the Denver Post today. hahahahahaha
posted by gman at 4:13 AM on November 18, 2010
Really? I have no idea why. Front page of the Denver Post today. hahahahahaha
posted by gman at 4:13 AM on November 18, 2010
@gman - Holy crap! That's an enhanced pat-down right there.
posted by rmmcclay at 4:27 AM on November 18, 2010
posted by rmmcclay at 4:27 AM on November 18, 2010
You know, if somebody really wants to see a fuzzy, blobby, oddly colored scanner image of my naked body that looks like some sort of character from a bad SciFi channel Star Trek knock-off, that's their problem.
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 4:44 AM on November 18, 2010
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 4:44 AM on November 18, 2010
The AtlanticWire article is kinda dumb. It cites a comment that warns about "radiation leakage from a device that can pick you up from ten feet away," but if you check out the type of device that was being used it's a passive one - it works by intercepting millimeter-wave radiation that's naturally present, just like a camera works by intercepting light that's already there. So this machine really doesn't present any health risk at all.
posted by Joe in Australia at 4:50 AM on November 18, 2010
posted by Joe in Australia at 4:50 AM on November 18, 2010
You know, if I were a conspiracy minded person I'd wonder if there'd been a decision that "we can't afford all this security theater any more... besides, all of the "real" terrorists are our guys. Let's get Joe Lunchbox worked up about the TSA and roll it back. Inform our cable news people... oh, and call the Poser guys in Taiwan."
posted by fleetmouse at 5:07 AM on November 18, 2010
posted by fleetmouse at 5:07 AM on November 18, 2010
Fact check leaked the images are not TSA scans, but from Florida marshals. The leaked images were also taken by a differentachine than those used in airports.
posted by humanfont at 5:08 AM on November 18, 2010
posted by humanfont at 5:08 AM on November 18, 2010
I wonder if there's any way on earth the TSA can reframe this story to get people back on their side? Maybe something along these lines: You would strip naked for doctors to let them make sure no horrible hidden things were going to kill you, right? And even let them use a machine to scan your guts? Well, this is the same thing, only we need to scan everyone else's guts and see everyone else naked to make sure you stay well, and in fairness all we ask is that we also get to scan your guts and see you naked so we can to make sure all the other people on the plane stay well. It's really a health issue. We want you to return home to your family safely. We love you.
Nah. They're fucked.
posted by pracowity at 5:10 AM on November 18, 2010
Nah. They're fucked.
posted by pracowity at 5:10 AM on November 18, 2010
So you're just giving in, The 10th Regiment of Foot? That's how we got here in the first place.
posted by rmmcclay at 5:27 AM on November 18, 2010
posted by rmmcclay at 5:27 AM on November 18, 2010
I thought these broadcasts were PFFR's doing. Given that the animation looks straight out of Xavier: Renegade Angel.
posted by Eideteker at 5:52 AM on November 18, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Eideteker at 5:52 AM on November 18, 2010 [1 favorite]
> Front page of the Denver Post today
The look of steely determination is what really makes the pic. The only way it could be better would be if he had a bit of his tongue sticking out the side of his mouth.
posted by davelog at 6:03 AM on November 18, 2010
The look of steely determination is what really makes the pic. The only way it could be better would be if he had a bit of his tongue sticking out the side of his mouth.
posted by davelog at 6:03 AM on November 18, 2010
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