December 1, 2006
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X-ray Machine
The x-ray machine is finally going to be used in the U.S.
Sky Harbor International Airport will be using the new X-ray machine to scan people’s bodies for weapons. It is called “backscatter.” It hasn’t been used in the U.S. because of privacy concerns. But they have found a way to use the machine and still blur the more private areas.
It will only be used as a secondary screening measure. So a person will have to fail the “standard” screening process in order to be directed to the X-ray area.
Then the passenger can choose between the X-ray machine or a traditional pat-down search. Here is the link: Link
Would you prefer to be X-rayed or patted-down?
Comments (148)
X ray
“X-rayed definitely.”
why would an x-ray expose private areas?? it’s just bone and metal…we’re not talking porn here.
i live in arizona, so next time i fly out of sky harbor, i’ll let y’all know how it goes
eww, i just looked closer at the picture…can I change my mind?
Depends on who does the patting…. But probably x-ray.
Dr. Carasco
I think I’d prefer take the train!
X-ray sounds quicker.
X-rayed.
I suppose enough x-raying could cause more cancer?
But it would be only used briefly, and I would not want people touching me.
But pat-downs are less likely to cause cancer.
ah, I’ll still go with x ray..so what if they see my fat. of course, it also depends on who’s doing the pat downs, and what exactly they pat down.
I would rather be scanned than patted down. However, if they were really concerned with our safety they would scan everyone.
You know, come to think about it forget what I just said.
Like gottaloveboxers, I just took a second look at the picture. I definitely am going for pat down now!
Patted down, thanks. I can see my x-ray being sold to pay sites…no thanks! Ha!
X-raying because I feel violated when people pat me down!
xray, I guess… let’s hope I never have to make that decision…
x-ray…… i dont need people feeling me
eh, got to love MI, snow days rock,
X ray…
gramattically, shouldn’t that be patted-down?
erm…. I guess the x-ray….
X-ray.
Let’s think about this– when the hospital takes an x-ray of your arm or leg, the rest of your body is usually protected with heavy lead bags… and the x-ray technician runs into the next room to expose the film and protect him/herself. What measures will be taken in a non-medical setting to prevent unnecessary exposure?! I’m not only concerned for passengers, but also for staff who will be continually exposed to the radiation. (…it truly breaks my heart that we’re finding these extreme measures necessary)
I have gotten X rays at the hospitals before, and they make u wear a lead patch around your private parts so that the X rays dont mess up your important tubes and what not. So i would like a good old fashion pat down.
Now if the choice was between a cavity search and an x ray, x ray please.
could they possibly pat me down while being xrayed?
**And what about women who are (or could potentially be) pregnant? Is it a grey area for a woman to refuse the x-ray if she thinks she might be pregnant? Hmmm…
X-ray. It’s a way bigger privacy (and bubble) violation to pat down.
Tough one- I’ll go with patted down though!
Totally agreed. TSA people can get out of hand. Last thing that we need is an over zealous TSA person xraying us just for the fun of it.
That is so crazy!!!!!
I would rather be x-rayed. I dont want them groping me.
I’d prefer the x-ray. I don’t really care what some stranger who will probably never see me again thinks about my naked body. But I really hate being touched.
Um….probably x-ray i think…hehe
Have a good weekend Dan…
Have we forgotten how dangerous X-ray is?
With all the cancer running around this world – you would think that the cancer prevention people would be up in arms about this as well.
xrays can be very damaging. Since I am pregnant I would NEVER get one, it could really badly mess up my baby. Also, as mentioned by statist_gentry, it can mess up your reproductive…stuff. So pat down for me.
Pat down all the way baby.
xray
*Pat down*
Neither, I’ll just sneak past the security.
I’ve gotten a six inch knife onto a plain before….
I’ve also gotten that same knife into a aquariem with metal detectors… Stupid security.
I just hope it’s not cold when I go through
Or, I’ve been swimming …or I’m nervous. A person could get the wrong impression …if you know what I mean.
Most likely x-ray. It seems to me that being patted down is a bigger invasion of privacy then an x-ray.
depends on if the cop was about 25 and very attractive. and male.
well, not cop… but whoever it is that does it. i don’t know anything about airports
No x-ray for me thanks
xray is fine. the dosage is very low and is probably comparable to the increased exposure of flying so high up in a plane. it’s interesting how people prioritize what they choose to worry about.
privacy. i don’t care. i’d be concerned about lecherous TSA workers singling out certain body types though, so strict guidelines against that would be important.
then again, as sierra mist ads can tell you, those folks have quite a bit of leeway. =)
Radiation and public humiliation vs. public humiliation… ew.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but can’t x-rays cause cancer?
I really don’t care but probably patted down, the few times Ive had that done they were very ummm shall I say discreet with it
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How about another airport?
X-rays make me nervous and patdowns feel like an violation. Is there a third option?
ha it would be embarressing. but x -ray
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x-ray.
When they do a pat down, they barely touch you anyway. Unless they think you really have something….
So, I’m going with the pat down. The x-ray just looks icky. I don’t want to gross any of the employees out like that.
That picture looks like something you’d see for the artwork on a Tool album.
X ray.
patted down
considering i’m not worried about anything. i’d rather just walk through the xray and get it done instead of waiting for them to take thier sweet ass time to find a weapon i don’t have.
**And what about women who are (or could potentially be) pregnant? Is it a grey area for a woman to refuse the x-ray if she thinks she might be pregnant? Hmmm…
Posted 12/1/2006 at 10:59 AM by barenakehd
Good question. . .
pat downed.
no radiation.
X-ray. I’m a sexy bitch.
Cool …I live in Phoenix, so I will go with the XRAY treatment.
Pat down, even though it pisses me off. I’m already likely enough to get cancer, I don’t need any more risk factors.
It does not say if there is any radiation involved. That would be my concern. I would probably want to be patted down. I have been patted down for concerts, etc. and it really isn’t that big of a deal.
I have to go with the X-rays. I hate the thought of strange people touching me. Ick.
For me X-ray, but I’ll bet a lot of females might feel different.
X
X-rayed. and woo! Sky Harbor is the airport I use when I fly. which isn’t that often, but still.
I am highly disturbed by that Xray thingy…………eeewww…….poor person that has to do that job…………..and I wear clothes for a reason…….however…….you know my situation and my morals….which results in a sad lacking of any kind of action….so at this point I would probably take the pat down……depending on how cute the guy was that was doing it……..ROFL……..have a great weekend…….hugs, TA
RTYM- still thinking on that voice thing…………will have to be when I slow down……..but I am with you in that it would be kinda cool to hear people…….TA
X-rayed.
If those are my only two options, I’d pick xray.
Neither.
I would rather the airlines target the group that is doing the terrorizing, and it isn’t the blue haired caucasian granny.
It is amazing the invasion of privacy that innocent people will put up with so the real terrorists will not be “profiled”. Everyone has to be treated like terrorists so the real terrorists will not have a court case of discrimination. We are PCing ourselves to destruction.
x-ray!!
I’d prefer not to go to the US
X-Rayed…unless a hot girl is doing the patting down. Then I’d opt for the pat down. But, given the unlikeliness of those circumstances (about 1 and 44 million) then I’d have to opt for the X-Ray.
I don’t want the cancer, feel my ass Roger!
X-ray, I’ve been patted down far too many times. It stirs up resentment.
Peace be with you,
~Sean
God gave me this gift in my pants for a reason. So that I can hide it away from the world.
X-rays I guess but what about pregnant women??When I had x-rays I had to sign papers that said I couldn’t be pregnant.
I won`t be using the airlines, so it won`t be a concern.
I don’t think I’d really care.
Either.
pat down baby!!!!
Pat down, hands down. Full-scale X-ray would make me uncomfortable. But I think the decision is easier for guys, because if they get felt up in the process of getting patted-down by the opposite sex, it usually doesn’t provoke the same reaction as it does with women.
Pat down!
If they think I am such a dangerous threat, then they can just pat me down. I don’t intend on having any more X-rays than necessary. Stupid machines! Giving in all the time. Pretty soon we won’t be able to go to the grocery store without proper ID.
Um, I’m glad that it’s going to be an option, because pregnant women shouldn’t be xrayed.
going for the xray. i’d rather be looked at and not touched….i HATE being touched
IT DEPENDS, IF I AM HOLDING SOMETHING A PAT DOWN, BUT IF IM NOT THEN AN XRAY…CONSIDERING HOW I DONT BELIEVE IN PLANES I WILL JUST TAKE A ROAD TRIP TO WHEREVER I HAVE TO GO
If the technology makes for faster, safer, and less retarded TSA workers, let’s do it. Privacey is overratted and only those who like to whine about everything make waves. After looking at your example picture; to sell that as porn, or those that think that is porn need more help than the ACLU can give. I travel by air alot, and if it means not striping down and placing all my stuff in a bin, I’m for it.
i’m not sure, but luckly i don’t think i’d ever be pulled aside as a suspected problem person… so i shouldn’t ever have to choose. haha!
the pat-down.
Has anyone had a pat down here? I got one when I visited an island that belonged to Colombia. It was a woman doing the patting but it was weird. She was very professional and everything, but I would still prefer the x-ray.
note to self….never wear any type of metal to the airport again!
Pat down. X-rays scare me, and that picture is just a little too revealing. I have actually had to get patted down (not pat-downed… x_x geez) before and it wasn’t bad at all. Apparently, if you switch to an earlier flight, that is super-suspicious and means that you probably used telekinetic powers to place a bomb on the later flight. I mean, obviously.
i would really appreciate neither. since i never intend to carry any sort of threat i would appreciate if the screening process would reflect that and leave me alone!!!!!
Pat me down! I would look so fat on that thing!
Pat down, definately
Neither
Depends on who is doing the patting!
Pat down. Fertility is the first thing to go when exposed to x-rays.
I’ll take safty over exposure. The only way to truly eliminate the winning about “profile screening is to simply screen everyone, and if that means having a little exspoure than so be it. It’s reverse freedom, evrytime we “exempt” a group form the populus we extend them a special freedom. Right now any “middle easterner” is exempt form profile screening, that means anyone who fits the profile of a muslim terrorist is not to be checked, the best way to make it fair and not cry “offense” is to just screen everyone. if the Muslims or terrorist don’t like that idea, they don’t have to fly. I’d be fine with this, it equals things back up and takes the whinning Muslims back to 0.
On a second note, this is not something that should be passed in Congress, it is the right of the airline to make it’s own policies; in a capitalistic socirty, if you don’t like it, you have the right to fly another airline that bends over backwards for Muslim terrorist. You are not required to fly the airlines that wants X-ray screening, chosse another carrier, I personally would choose the one I know to treat everyone the same, with the conditions of that treatment being posted before hand.
x-ray, but … little uncomfortable about the idea that people would see me like that.
ok, I should spell check before I submit
patted down so i don’t get thyroid cancer~
patted – down
I don’t know, I still would feel uncomfortable.
Because of my pacemaker I can not walk through the metal detectors at airports. I already get patted down every time. I wonder if this new machine would also cause harm to my pacemaker?
So I guess I ‘ll just stick to the pat (which is different every time btw. It depends on who’s doing it.Some are very gentle…others..I feel like they should have least taken me on a few dates first) ; )
Although I don’t have the stats, the amount of radiation from that machine is likely far less than you would get from 1/2 hour mowing the lawn in the sun, standing in front of the microwave, etc. My concern is the fact that so many things don’t show on xrays and terrorists are well aware of this fact as well as how to get around the pat down issues. Personally, the less time consuming method appeals to me the most – xrays to me would be less awkward. As a professional, once you have seen a “fluffy” body – you get over it and go on. We all have our flaws. It’s not like they are going to put it on a webcam linked to the internet.
Uhm… I’d rather be patted down just because I wouldn’t want to get exposed like that to radiation (although you wouldn’t be exposed to probably very much radiation). But here’s the better thing, why not skip both and not fail the first security test. That way you wouldn’t have to worry about either the patting down or the x-ray.
is it a man or a woman giving me the pat down, if its a man i would go with the x-ray.
IF THEY WANT TO LOOK AT MY BACKFAT THEY ARE WELCOME TO DO SO. I GET MANHANDLED EVERYTIME THEY ‘PAT’ ME DOWN. SO I VOTE FOR THE XRAY
This is ridiculous.
Given the choice of x-ray or a pay down in a crowded airport?
I really just want to strip nude on the spot.
Here! I’m not so concerned, do you want to check under the jewels? I can lift them for you…
Seriously, airline security is the illusion of action against a shadowing terror that lurks in the dark.
if i was hiding something the patted down cuz they might not catch it
xray; keep the pervs away from me.
I honestly believe that with how far our country is in debt, we shouldn’t be spending unnecessary amounts of money on that kind of thing. So patted down, I guess.
pat down… id really rather not get an x ray.
sexray
x-ray so as long as they offer touch up, hide the obvious bmi, scan so i show up as a black shadow ( more thinning ya know) and not in white. lol!
I don’t know, but I can imagine the shit storm tht would happen the minute a female thinks that a male guard put her through just because she’s hot.
Oh, dear. Neither, really. =
[ariana]
X-ray
but not too often now. radiation sir.
prolly the pat down…
i’m goin for the pat-down – it’s been soooooo long…
Patted down.
-KrIsTiN-
i’ll go with the x ray. i’m not really comfortable with people touching me. even if a friend is laying their hand or head on my shoulder. i’m not used to physical contact with the majority of people.
Can’t decide–sometimes it’s hotter to be an exhibitionist, sometimes better to get felt up.
Nobody is going to give me a pat on my butt. I will choose x ray but it better ot show my private areas.
I’d rather be patted-down, to be honest. I’m not too excited about x-ray machines. They can do some damage…
Railroads and ports use x-ray technology at the borders to detect stowaways/illegal immigrants. The amount of radiation used to blast through the metal containers is enormous –extremely enormous — but there is a universal shrugging of shoulders, as if to say, “Eh, they shouldn’t be breaking the law then.” (I can hear lawyers lining up now…)
X-ray radiation should not be underestimated.
PATTED DOWN! No way would I want some photo of me on a screen- which could be saved and used against me, when I become FAMOUS! heeeee
XoxoxoX
Jane
ugh. Pat down as long as it’s someone of the same sex.
X-rayed
Pat
If x-ray is faster, yes. If not, pat down.
’nuff said…
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I’d prefer racial profiling.
both are violations of privacy. And no plan is full-proof. The article may say that the images will be deleted immediately, however, when it comes to computers nothing is full-proof. There will always be someone who will have the ability to tap into the system and get the images. Come on, give me a break-they can’t possibly assume that it is impossible to hack into their “secure” system.
x-rayed. cause no one is going to feel anything or see anything that I’d rather them not.
But what about the whole ‘x-rays mess you up’ thing?
Mmmm…neither…since I know I’ll always pass the standard screening process, because I’m not a dumbass who’s going to bring nail clippers or a bottle of Coke on board with me.
i rather enjoy the whole pat down process……hmmmmmm
isnt’ ther only one “t” in grammatically?
xray definitely.
X-rayed. Much more fun than being groped.
no one’s looking at me like that, I’d rather be patted down.
> X-rayed, as I don’t need some schmuck feeling me up nor planting something on my person…. And if they didn’t blur whatever, maybe they’d be entertained by what they saw….
Peace
pat down
pat down
I think the x-ray is probably more efficient