Metal 'Protest' Underwear from PETA is on the Way
By Karin Bennett
While the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and privacy advocates play hot potahto over proposed full-body scans at airport security checkpoints, we at PETA say, "Bring 'em on." Pourquoi? Well, several reasons, really:
1) Heaven knows, we at PETA aren't shy about flashing a little skin in order to save animals.
2) Day in and day out, TSA employees face an endless line of frazzled fliers in dirty socks. No wonder they get so bored.
3) To save animals' lives, PETA is ready to liven things up at security checkpoints with our new (drum roll, please) …
Metal underwear! That's right: Coming soon to security checkpoints everywhere, TSA employees will get an eyeful of our message to NASA as caring individuals educate TSA employees about NASA's plans to blast as many as 30 monkeys with one huge dose of radiation. The agency will then imprison the animals by themselves in tiny steel cages and subject them to years of tests in order to assess how the radiation damages their brains and bodies. Unlike the rays emitted by airport body scans, this extreme radiation may cause brain tumors and other types of cancer.
Officials at the TSA have already been alerted that PETA's metal underwear is on the way. But we are wondering—will you expose TSA employees to the truth about NASA's experiments on your next flight?
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Aside from the many comments that diverged greatly from the article's point, the article itself is a bit ridiculous.
First and most importantly, the sentence, "Unlike the rays emitted by airport scans, this extreme radiation may cause brain tumors and other types of cancer " is a few assumptions too far, and quite a stretch on reason.
1. It assumes that the scans in airports DO NOT cause cancer. This has not been validated so as to be concrete. (As an auto-reply to anyone asserting that the scanners have been validated, there are a multitude of articles just on OV alone that discuss the possibility of cancer being caused).
2. Because there is still some question, how should the effects of the radiation be tested if not on monkeys? What does PETA suggest? 2x4s? Carpet? An apple (or is that inhumane)? The simply fact is, we have no conclusive evidence of the safety of the effects of radiation on the human body. And although "big business" and its interests will continue to stay hard at work to suppress any impact on their bottom line, the claims of complete safety are not reliable, let alone validated. So those interested in preventing yet another cancer-causing agent from being introduced into the population have to conduct tests. Monkeys just happen to be the most similar creature that is feasible to use in a test-laboratory.
TSA efforts to keep you safe are at best just a chuckle. They ever catch a bomber. For some reason I remember, the shoe bomber getting on the plane as well at the underwear bomber. So what good is all this TSA $hit. I would feel safer knowing that other passengers not afraid and would fight back rather than relying on the TSA procedures.
why not protest TSA!
Fcuk TSA! That would be a better message on undies!
would be a fun message to have.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
....as long as it said what I wanted. Cause I don't think they should get a free peep show.
People get paid for that kind of entertainment . I want money if you're to see what I don't want to show.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
sacrifice 30 monkeys to test radiation effects on the humans scanned, do I have this right?
I dont care if they blast 3000 monkeys if it will save a plane load of people.
And some might say this may be overkill, to over-expose the monkeys with this much radiation. I will agree with that. I would prefer to see Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Bill O'Reilly and Glen Beck in their place.
So much for maintaining any semblance of a moral high-ground.
Suggesting murdering those with which you disagree is something which brings you pride? Thanks for the insight into your personality.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
mentioned, it's not that simple.
There is nothing useful that is ever presented by these people. They are simply stirring the caldron of conflict and promoting hate. If they were interested in anything other than money and self promotion they would actually be doing something to right all the wrongs they dramatize with great zeal. Anyone can criticize, but your actions prove your worth.
And for the most part monkeys are relatively harmless.
Well, I have seen nothing useful presented by you, bhall. You simply seem to just be stirring the caldron of conflict and hate. If you were interested in anything other than self-promotion, you would be out doing something useful yourself. Since I have witnessed no effort on your part, I deem you should be subjected to rediation poisoning to a level that would lead to your death.
Happy about that statement? No, then maybe, just maybe, you might want to rethink your statement you are so proud of. Or maybe you just think you are better than everyone else and we should all start to worship you. Let us know.
You seem a little out of control tonight.
I may not be doing anything about the issues that these people beat on continuously, but then I am not on television with a big audience to influence. They are paid millions of dollars to sway people.
My opinion effects no one, except apparently you and Solar. You guys need to spend your emotions on something more worthwhile.