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   From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Wed, 7 Aug 2024, CrudeSausage wrote:   
      
   > On 2024-08-07 1:46 p.m., D wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> I remember once when I was in airport security and the guy asked if he   
   >>>> could look through my things. I told him, "oh, so I have a choice? If I   
   >>>> have a free choice, of course the answer is no".   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The guy actually smiled, I saw he got it, apologized and said he had to   
   >>>> do it anyway since it was his job. Since I was in a good mood, I   
   >>>> refrained from saying that the Nazi prison guards were also just doing   
   >>>> their jobs.   
   >>>   
   >>> At the airport, security has no choice but to look through your stuff but   
   >>> there is absolutely no reason for them to ask you to go through an x-ray   
   >>> machine when they can just as easily pat you down. If ever they ask you to   
   >>> step into an x-ray machine, the only answer is no, especially if you were   
   >>> "randomly-selected" but you don't look like the angry, sweating Muslim   
   >>> down the queue.   
   >>   
   >> Ah, but they do have a choice. The choose freely to take that job, so   
   >> that is why they always will have to listen to my arguments. ;)   
   >>   
   >> As for X-ray, no sir, I always take the manual way. Usually, well at   
   >> least in some airports, that has been quicker too!   
   >>   
   >> I remember once in the US, I asked a security guard about it, and he   
   >> sigh and said "oh, you're one of those, come with me", and he let me   
   >> skip about 100 meter of queue, had a quick pat down, and was on my way!   
   >   
   > Same here. When I wnet on a trip to Portugal with my in-laws in 2013, I also   
   > insisted that they not agree to the x-ray machines. They are not there to   
   > help detect anything; they are there to make sure that the population gets a   
   > heavy dose of radiation. I notice that a lot of institutions have already   
   > come out to claim that these full-body scans are safe but they are not.   
   >   
      
   For me it is also about making sure there is always a choice. It is the   
   same with electronic money vs cash, or public services that are only   
   available through smart phones (with tracking) vs on pen and paper.   
      
   The government wants to remove cash and they want to make sure that you   
   need a tracking device on your person at all times. Nothing would make   
   them happier. The silent majority are unaware and seldom think beyond the   
   next TV-show.   
      
   So as always it's the enlightened few who have to fight for the freedom of   
   all the rest, while being hated for it, since they do not understand what   
   it is all about and only see us as "that guy" who causes trouble all the   
   time.   
      
   I mean, look at china with their social credit score, or the truck   
   protesters in canada, I think that should be enough of an example of how   
   evil the government is, and how important it is not to become dependent on   
   smart phones and virtual money.   
      
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