Nude Protest: Airport Body Scanners in Germany
The ‘underwear bombers’ Christmas Day attack has prompted calls for the increased use of full-body scanners at airports.
So to protest, members of the Pirate Party in Germany organized a fleshmob of people who stripped down to their skivvies last Sunday and converged on the Berlin-Tegal airport.
The protesters marked their bodies with a number of messages such as, Something to hide? and Be a good citizen — drop your pants.
One woman has the word diaper scrawled on her lower back with an arrow pointing to her underwear and the word prosthetic printed on her leg. The word piercing and an arrow point to one of her breasts.
The full-body scanners use high-frequency radio waves to produce an image of a passengers naked body beneath clothes. Anything a passenger is carrying against the body — weapons, drugs or explosives — would be exposed. The scanners would also reveal the presence of prosthetic devices and breast implants.
As such, there have been privacy and legal concerns raised about the invasive equipment, particularly because its unclear if the scanners would be able to detect explosives hidden in body cavities and would therefore likely provide only minimal security.
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January 14th, 2010 at 7:20 am
What a great expression and tactic to expose the true nature of despotism,PUN intended! Folks this just goes to show we are making a great awakening happen on a global level. The miscreants who would coldly and willfully thrust the entire population of the world into a global police state devoid of Freedom, self determination and individual freedom. The fight now from the prospective of a visitor in this great Land of Australia, I feel should be to rise in support of Peter Spenser the Sheep Farmer who is having his property stolen under pure sophistry and color of Law, which isn’t law at all. I’m so proud of all you Freedom loving people in this great country of Australia. May we always stand together in the cause of Freedom, Liberty and JUSTICE for “ALL”!! Evil Flourishes when “GOOD” men Do Nothing,..Edmond Burke. Support the Great People of Iceland a tiny Country standing against the Global Giant Monster of Despotism. Support The FREE WORLD ORDER.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:34 am
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