A mean thought that might work. ( airport scanning)(a semi rant)

If my husband did something like that he would be taking the train to my parent's house...he wouldn't get off scott free! I have a big concern about the scanners/pat downs that seem to be the in thing right now. I believe that it's a violation of your rights and also have to wonder about the dangers presented by the scanners. What if you're a woman who is in the very early stages of pregnancy and isn't aware that she's pregnant yet?

I can only see one way that your idea would backfire on you: and that's if YOU bought the tickets! If you bought the tickets, then it would be a waste of money to refuse. However, your plan is pretty brilliant, but only if the TSA workers don't decide to call the police on you and have you arrested for refusing the scan/pat down. A word of advice: Don't try to kill anyone who touches you, but rather scream bloody murder, yell that they're molesting you. They would probably flip out and back away from you pretty quickly.

I boycott the entire industry; I have refused to fly since they really started getting ridiculous, and most definitely when they started requiring looking at files in private computers. For me it was overboard for the longest time, and I refuse to be treated like that. The next security procedure they are going to implement is to inject every passenger with propofol and revive them on landing. I bet that will make it flying very safe. Now about the cargo ...

Will they scan people who go to the airport to get / receive their friends or relatives? If yes, I am not visiting you. Today's newspaper had an article on some undies that would protect me from getting screened 100% so if et all I have to fly (I know it would never happen) I would try getting them first. http://news.discovery.com/human/airport-security-body-scanners-underwear.html Cheers, theSids.

Excellent idea for the plot of a movie! I think people are too up in arms about this. When someone succeeds in getting a bomb or a weapon on a plane, people get ticked off that airport security isn't better, but when airport security gets better, everyone gets ticked off that they're being "violated"! It's like everyone thinks "no, no, no, you're supposed to search everybody else!" I would much rather be stripped and searched by a professional than die in a fiery plane crash resulting from a hijacking. But it sounds like the people doing the searches are NOT professional, and that's the problem. I mean, I don't mind being looked at by someone who is clinical and detached, but if it's some young security guard frisking me for sick pleasure I am not really interested!

this is a good idea but only a idea not fesable in real life

interesting ideas... :-) may be i can try it the next time i am forced to fly to a place i don't want to go as long as i am not the one who have to spend the money to buy the ticket.. i'm not going to waste my hard-earned money to buy the ticket and then wasting it... rather than having to do this, i will say it upfront that i don't want to fly so that i don't even have to waste my money... take care and have a nice day...

Anything can be used in reverse. I once heard about a woman in Saudi Arabia, who wore the full veil, and used it to trick a man she was mad at, because in the veil he could not tell her from someone else. That which is used to opress and annoy, can be used to deceive, if one tries hard enough.

That is a fresh angle to an age old problem! Leave it up to you to figure that one out! LOL

Or like when you have to go to a business trip with a boss that you don't really care about. That with a holiday coming, you would rather stay home. You could tell your boss... ...hey, I didn't make the rules! I was scanning the news headlines yesterday, and I thought I saw one that said the protest didn't go off very well.