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Old 1st Feb 2010, 14:08
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emjanssen
 
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Security is a trade of. I don't think that the body-scan is smart trade-off.
It's a waste of money and resources and besides that recent scientific studies question if they are safe for our health.

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We are also talking about liberty and basic human rights here. We are doing exactly what the terrorist want us to do. Politicians react without thinking.

A Body-scanner doesn't make us much safer.

The money could be spent so much better. We are talking big numbers.

Did you know that a software algorithm is analyzing the scan?
Removing human intuition doesn't seem smart to me.
We could open up the present security system.

Grtz
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