JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Do you support same-sex marriages?
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Do you enjoy watching movies in 3D?
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Do you support torture as an interrogation method if the objective is to prevent a terrorist attack or capture criminals?
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Would you like to see all U.S. military forces removed from Okinawa?
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Should Japan be pledging funds to the IMF, Mekong and for other causes overseas?
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Hosono visits Fukushima No. 4 reactor amid concern over fuel pool
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Lady Gaga's Indonesia concert canceled after threats
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Oceanographer says beachcombers on West Coast may find bones in tsunami debris
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New Jersey town's monument to Korean sex slaves upsetting Japanese officials
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241 civil servants file suit over salary cuts
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888naff
yes but doesn't mean they wont be used.
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enigmaneo
Yes, and I don't think they really do much. Just more for show. The company making them probably spent lots of money to get them to be used. Meanwhile we loose our freedom.
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mareo2
Like a security officer touching your body searching for weapons or scanning you with a metal detector. Just faster, but I guess that before we realize, is going to become so "normal" that when the price get enough down, some people is going to say that is the kind of stuff that you need to put in the entrance of schools in some countries where civilians have an easer access to firearms. In my humble opinion, the price of safety is a directly proportional loss of privacy.
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rainman1
@enigmaneo. You'll lose your freedom? You'll lose your life if someone slips an exposive on board. Live with it.
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ppayne
Rainman, still, Enigmaneo's point is that this kind of thing is 99% "security theatre" with very little in the way of actual effectiveness.
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rainman1
OK - so, I'll agree that it may not be effective in practical use, but it does act as an effective enough deterrent.
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Nessie
The answer is yes; the question is whether they are an acceptable invasion of privacy.
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FishHead
I'm not really sure what freedoms you're losing by walking through a body scanner. Maybe its your steel "3rd. leg", your silicone implants, the 25 balloons you swallowed before boarding in Peru or the box cutter stuck in your 2-hole??? Sure someone will see all that in x-ray form along with millions of others . . . BFD! I'll feel safer boarding my flight. Beside speeding up your check-in, it should even cut down on racial profiling.
As far as effectiveness, hire professionals, not the idiots kids hired by Homeland Security in the U.S. Just take a look at Israel's Tel A-viv airport.
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JapanHusker
@ FishHead. LMAO! Totally agree. I feel safer as well. Peeps ought to deal with it.
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Mark_McCracken
No, they are voluntary. If you want to maintain your privacy, don't fly.
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hoserfella
Blowing up my plane at 37000 feet is an invasion of my privacy.
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combinibento
I vote "no" but limit it to airports where those screened are international travelers. The right to privacy is severely diminished at borders. This is why they can check your bags for contraband & weapons in an airport but not elsewhere. A body scanner is more intrusive but in light of terrorist incidents over the past few years, it is not unwarranted and the benefit of preventing weapons from boarding a plane outweighs the fleeting intrusion of privacy.
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nandakandamanda
Almost everything in an airport is a rude invasion of privacy.
These hot-headed idiots who think they are advancing their cause by blowing something up, make these invasions sadly necessary. Body scanners are just an attempt to stay one step ahead. By definition they are a further intolerable invasion of privacy, though.
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bicultural
Seriously, at Tel Aviv they mean business. Guys walking around carrying semi-automatic rifles.
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Carcharodon
There are greater tragedies in the world than being scanned at the airport, Don't like it? well tough titties, don't fly. If you are obese or poorly endowed etc I can see where embarrassment could come in, but if you have such issues this wouldn't bet he first time in your life you have had to deal with them. It's a necessary evil especially on flights in the USA or Europe.
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ca1ic0cat
I'll agree that the body scanners will cut down on profiling and speed up checkpoints. Now if they start putting the baggage handlers through the same screening and background checks and secure the other airport areas I'd feel safer.
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gonemad
Yes, it's an invasion in privacy, but really among the ones I'm least concerned with. What bothers me much more is when airlines have to transmit all kind of personal data to Big Brother, as they have to do in an increasing number of countries.
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caribjustice
Well said, Nessie. You have the correct answer.
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limboinjapan
Well in my case I have several metallic medical implants (screws, plates, etc..) so if these scanner eliminate the usual pat down or "private" side room inspection, I often get since I set just about every metal detector off, I for one will welcome them!
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noriyosan73
It really is a waste of time. Every time I left Japan, my bags were "randomly" inspected. I would give anything for an implant in my forehead that would let me pass because my 42 years as a teacher, no vehicle or civil law crimes, and multiple visits to 14 foreign countries have given me the right to go through without inspection. I believe in profiling. Profile me as "No Risk."
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sf2k
well duh, that's kinda the point
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StevoBevo
Get over it. You want to travel you give up your privacy. If you live an "open" life, none of this concerns you. If you are afraid to open up then stop complaining, as it is only going to get worse.
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PleasureGelf
No, they are voluntary. If you want to maintain your privacy, don't fly.
Imagine for a moment that your local shop, the bus or subway you take every day, your favorite pub or bar, your church and so on introduce strip search. Would you still maintain your privacy the way you propose others do?
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proudnippon
isn't that the purpose of them?
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Badge213
Invasion of privacy? When I book my airplane ticket, I got to give my full name, birth date, address, credit card, I got to show a passport/ID at the airport...Then it's either get felt up by a security person or walk through the scanner. I'd walk through the scanner if it means I don't have to take off my sweater, jacket, etc every time I fly.
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Himajin
I wanted a 'like, duh' option...:-D
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Mark_McCracken
Yes.
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TheQuestion
Beats a cavity search. I don't have a problem with it but people that do have a legitimate argument to make but have to realize that it has become a necessary security precaution for air travel.
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Greapper1
Yes, they are an invasion of privacy. I honestly don't mind though. I have no problem with people seeing me naked.
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noriyosan73
Why can't frequent fliers who are pre-approved by early pre-registration be able to walk through airport security without the cumbersome line-up like commoners? Checking everyone just lets the terrorists have an advantage. Give me a chip in my passport or even in my forehead if retina and finger print and passport scan are not enough. Set 99.9% of fliers free!
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XXXXX
what about radiation, i think about it b/c i used to go thru x-ray a lot in my work in the past.
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pointofview
A good number of you don`t care too much about your freedom and privacy.
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TheQuestion
They aren't strip searching us in our homes and nobody forces you to take them, you just can't fly without taking one. If it makes you uncomfortable nobody forces you to fly. Anyway, how is this different than a metal detector, sure some guy in a room gets to see a vague outline of your junk but if it means being able to detect plastic explosives and the like I'd say it's a completely reasonable precaution.
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