[pp.int.general] Flashmob against full body scanners

quemener.yves at free.fr quemener.yves at free.fr
Mon Jan 11 15:47:39 CET 2010


----- "Erika Nilsson" <narnigrin at gmail.com> a écrit :

> I tend to agree that the worst bit about this is that we as taxpayers
> have to contribute to something which is ineffective at best and a
> serious health and/or privacy concern at worst. Arguably, any way of
> getting public opinion against body scanners, be it through playing on
> people's (possibly misinformed) fears of "some guy looking through my
> clothes", is perhaps a good thing.

Perpetuating lies consciously is not the best way to be witnessed as technological experts.

And even from a pragmatic point of view, it would be a good strategy for governments to let this fake argument become the main objection so that they can then loudly say "Ok, you won, nobody will watch thepictures, it will be automated" or "You are dumbed and misinformed ! Nobody will look at the pictures."

I think it is positive that there is polemics whatever the main argument but that if the PP wants to get credit as a "technical expert movement" it has to explain the plain truth, as complex as it is, to the public at every occasion.


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