2 Women refuse body scan at airport
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I was careful not to mention any religious or ethnic background in the title - but you can make your own judgement based on the story itself.
It strikes me though, that again something is being refused on 'religious' beliefs - or whatever, and they have walked away.
The second woman (travelling with the first woman) also refused the bodyscan on 'medical grounds', saying she was concerned about an infection... What infection is going to show up on a bodyscan, and of what relevance would some minor medical ailment be to her taking a flight!
I find this quite alarming, and hope that the police have subsequently investigated both these women for displaying 'suspicious behaviour'.
I was careful not to mention any religious or ethnic background in the title - but you can make your own judgement based on the story itself.
It strikes me though, that again something is being refused on 'religious' beliefs - or whatever, and they have walked away.
The second woman (travelling with the first woman) also refused the bodyscan on 'medical grounds', saying she was concerned about an infection... What infection is going to show up on a bodyscan, and of what relevance would some minor medical ailment be to her taking a flight!
I find this quite alarming, and hope that the police have subsequently investigated both these women for displaying 'suspicious behaviour'.
Bill said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
suspicious behaviour means not wanting strange men to see you naked (practically) nowadays
I can quite understand them being uncomfortable whether they're religious or not.IMO, every 3rd person goes through the scanner or they're not getting on the plane. It's no more intrusive than a pat-down and the woman feeling round the wire of my GFs bra before getting on the plane. It's not nice to have it done, or to watch someone feeling up my GF but a necessary evil
Hugo a Gogo said:
suspicious behaviour means not wanting strange men to see you naked (practically) nowadays
It strikes me as very suspicious behaviour, maybe its the way its been reported in an almost deadpan way - but if someone flat refused to go through a scanning machine, but would have been happy to get on the flight my alarm bells would ring. What is it that the scanner displays - surely it doesnt just 'remove the clothes' from the equation so they are magically made naked on the screen - My assumption was that it would show an indication of body shape but simply show any alien objects on or inside the body?
Also, if the security had so wished, presumably they could insist on a body search / cavity search etc if they had been sufficiently concerned for whatever reason?
Would these women been allowed to just refuse that and walk away due to their religious / medical / bulls
t reason? Dibby said:
Yes, I'm sure they set these scanners up so they can download your images and laugh at your tiny willy, not for anything trivial like finding concealed packages.
Have you been checking me out in the changing rooms again?:shudder:It is more intrusive than a pat down and the fact that it's a "necessary evil" (If you've got nothing to hide etc
) isn't going to make people more comfortable with it.Are they scanning kids? Because it can't be long before the paedo accusations start flying.
Of all the intrusions into our privacy in the past 13 years, a body scanner at Manchester airport should be far down the list of things to complain about. Before their installation, it was jacket and shoes off, followed by hand scan, luggage scans and ocasionaly a metal detector, what real difference does this new scanner make to people apart from possibly speed up the check in / boarding process.
AndrewW-G said:
Of all the intrusions into our privacy in the past 13 years, a body scanner at Manchester airport should be far down the list of things to complain about. Before their installation, it was jacket and shoes off, followed by hand scan, luggage scans and ocasionaly a metal detector, what real difference does this new scanner make to people apart from possibly speed up the check in / boarding process.
You're thinking as a normal person, most normal people don't worry about these things and just want to get on the plane and get to your destination safely... others have different thoughts.AndrewW-G said:
Of all the intrusions into our privacy in the past 13 years, a body scanner at Manchester airport should be far down the list of things to complain about. Before their installation, it was jacket and shoes off, followed by hand scan, luggage scans and ocasionaly a metal detector, what real difference does this new scanner make to people apart from possibly speed up the check in / boarding process.
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