What's my motivation?

For bacon I might get you a stick.

For a paycheck I might flip your burgers, or design your nuclear plants. (depending on my intelligence and your paycheck)

I blame Cthulu.

Is there nothing in the fine print of purchasing a plane ticket that says you need to submit to the airlines security measures via the TSA?

What if everyone decided to sue, or press charges against the TSA every time they insisted on body scan or pat down? It would probably get laughed out of court if one person did it, but if everyone, or many people did it all the time....?

Go on your flight, and when you get home look up your local attorney a law.

I'm not so worried about naked pictures of myself. Nobody wants to see pictures of a naked fat middle aged white guy.

Its the continual erosion of rights. Metal detector: Ok, quick non-invasive. Xray my bags, sure also quick wouldn't want to make it that easy for someone to sneak a gun on the plane. Take my shoes off?: Ok this is starting to get a bit silly and annoying, but I suppose i'll give you this one. No water bottles: what are you guys smoking, but what can I do to push back? Naked pictures?: No thanks, i'll go for the opt-out for the pat down, then at least it will be as uncomfortable for you as it will be for me.

If it takes a little OMG-naked to get traction with more people, so be it. It should have happened sooner but at least there's pushback now.

Hormesis.

http://www.elise.com/weblog/archives/000108hormesis_radiation_is_good_for_you.php

I'm dead against the TSA taking naked pictures of my family and myself, but not because of the radiation.

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=is+radiation+good+for+you

Turns out that 0 isnt the best. There's some level of radiation exposure that is healthier than none.

Citation Needed.

DR

Does it not rain there?

Surely if the metals reacted to water they would have had the chance by now.

Its so you have to buy more goods in the airport, at extortion prices.

And when the terrorists start recruiting outside of their profile, it makes it easier for the intelligence agents to penetrate their ranks.

Those same intelligence agents who actually thwarted all the attacks so far.

Slashdot should have -1: Ad hominen, -1: Strawman, -1: Appeal to Authority etc..

In this case DNS and BIND might be modded "-1: Argument ad nauseam" instead of just troll.

People would have a field day "-1: Post hoc ergo propter hoc" they wouldn't know whether they should mod or reply with "Correlation is not causation!"

Guy tries to blow up the plane with his shoes, now we take our shoes off in the airport.

Guy tries to blow up the plane with a fluid based bomb, now we aren't allowed to bring any fluids with us through security.

Guy tires to blow up the plane with his underpants, now they are working on implementing the full body scanners so they can make sure there's nothing in your underpants.

Its only a matter of time before someone tries smuggle a bomb on board up his ass.

They should remove "civil marriage" from the government entirely, make it impossible to be legally married. Replace that with "civil union" any two consenting adults can get married. Separation of church and state right?

Then you can get "married" in your church or mosque or macaroni shack.

Everyone has equal rights, and the religious people can still look down on everyone who's not in their particular little club.

I'm an insensitive clod, you insensitive clod!