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VictorLaszlo commented on the diary post Don’t like Chertoff’s Porno Scans or Punitive Groping? Buy Chertoff’s new Verified Bio ID for $179 and skip the lines! by shekissesfrogs.
You make a good point: “Do you actually like seeing folks on the left continually losing the messaging battle?” Though I stand by the gist of what I was saying above, you are right that all that high-mindedness needs to be balanced with practicality. Though I don’t think too many teabaggers want to be scanned [...]
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VictorLaszlo commented on the diary post Don’t like Chertoff’s Porno Scans or Punitive Groping? Buy Chertoff’s new Verified Bio ID for $179 and skip the lines! by shekissesfrogs.
It’s not a strawman, and the woman sunbathing was not meant to be analogous to the TSA screening. I’m saying that while refering to TSA scans as ‘porno’ may be effective, it sets a bad precedent. I also believe the use of that language is disingenuous. I don’t think very many people on this blog [...]
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VictorLaszlo commented on the diary post Don’t like Chertoff’s Porno Scans or Punitive Groping? Buy Chertoff’s new Verified Bio ID for $179 and skip the lines! by shekissesfrogs.
Yes, it certainly is a human dignity thing.
But it’s not a ‘porno’ thing.
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VictorLaszlo commented on the diary post Don’t like Chertoff’s Porno Scans or Punitive Groping? Buy Chertoff’s new Verified Bio ID for $179 and skip the lines! by shekissesfrogs.
I understand all that. But this issue does not exist in a vacuum.
If you’re going to go on about “porno scans,” you’d better not complain if, for example, a woman sunbathing topless in her own yard is arrested for ‘lewd and lascivious behavior.’
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VictorLaszlo commented on the diary post Don’t like Chertoff’s Porno Scans or Punitive Groping? Buy Chertoff’s new Verified Bio ID for $179 and skip the lines! by shekissesfrogs.
I’m not a fan of the whole security theater thing, but “Porno Scans?” The idea that “human body = porno” doesn’t sound very progressive to me. I’m not saying the scan is a good idea. Just that it’s a bad idea to call it “porn.” I haven’t seen any of these images, but I can’t [...]
