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[Kevy Baby]

Oh fine GD, just be all logical and everything!

When I flew out of John Wayne Airport (Orange County - SNA) on Sunday, there were body scanners or pat downs (at least that I saw). I don't think there are any yet in Des Moines (DSM), but I will let you know after I fly out today.

I am really on the fence about this. On the one hand, I am ambivalent as to whether I am scanned - if someone gets off on looking at my junk, then have at it. On the other hand, I am concerned as to whether we are having our personal liberties slowly chipped away at.

And as far as the hazard to one's health and/or effectiveness of the scanners, I believe it is too soon to say conclusively one way or the other on them. Yes, either side can point to expert testimony either way (on either point: safety or security) saying yea or nea, but who knows who is right. Eventually it will be found out that the machines cause (fill in the blank) cancer, but as with most measures like this, we will probably never know what it prevented.