Revealing letters on revealing airport screenings
Saturday, January 16th, 2010What’s all this fuss about enhanced airport screenings - asks many letters sent to the various editors. Most air travellers would rather be safe than be concerned about false modesty. After all don’t people go through fairly “immodest” screenings in hospitals and clinics in the name of health safety.
Here are some examples of their viewpoints:
- When a person submits themselves to self accepted personal invasive procedures for life saving purposes such as,ie:pap smear,colon&testicular tests,mammograms etc…,I have to ask myself this question.Why,would a grainy,metallic image,seen only by a professional,and not the public,be of concern to me when I’m going to be in a possible life compromising plane trip
- If you have nothing to hide or fear why would you object to being screened (even xray’d) if you know that it will keep you safe……We were subjected to the wand and patted down as well. It didn’t bother me because I’d rather have them do that than be killed because of modesty.
People of course had other concerns related to air travel as well. Both my wife and I drink a lot of water to prevent deep vein thrombosis.If this is a fact then we and many people of our age will not be able to travel overseas - said one letter. Another letter asked: I have a friend who has been accepted on a scholarship in a prestigious school here. But they did not give the visa on the grounds that he may not return to his country. But they gave visa to the terrorist and when warned did nothing to revoke it. So is it easy for a terrorist to get a visa then an honest person? Good questions. Read more letters on the subject http://publishaletter.com/searchlettersbytags.jsp?tag=Air%20Terror
