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Agorism
11-11-2010, 08:24 PM
Read the description of the video from nearly a year ago in predicting success of the Underwear Bomber


January 12, 2010

The underwear bombers Christmas Day attack has prompted calls for the increased use of full-body scanners at airports.??So to protest, members of the Pirate Party in Germany organized a fleshmob of people who stripped down to their skivvies last Sunday and converged on the Berlin-Tegal airport.??The protesters marked their bodies with a number of messages such as, Something to hide? and Be a good citizen — drop your pants.??One woman has the word diaper scrawled on her lower back with an arrow pointing to her underwear and the word prosthetic printed on her leg. The word piercing and an arrow point to one of her breasts.??The full-body scanners use high-frequency radio waves to produce an image of a passengers naked body beneath clothes. Anything a passenger is carrying against the body — weapons, drugs or explosives — would be exposed. The scanners would also reveal the presence of prosthetic devices and breast implants.??As such, there have been privacy and legal concerns raised about the invasive equipment, particularly because its unclear if the scanners would be able to detect explosives hidden in body cavities and would therefore likely provide only minimal security.

YouTube - Nude Protest: Airport Body Scanners in Germany (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZSEf_4F3jk)

jmdrake
11-11-2010, 08:36 PM
Wow! These guys rock! And here I was thinking they were just about file sharing. Hmmm....I wonder about the possibility of mobilizing a new youth libertarian movement in the U.S. based on opposition to outrageous file sharing lawsuits?

cindy25
11-11-2010, 10:23 PM
they could be the natural opposition to the Democrats in heavily Dem/very liberal districts (San Francisco), similar to the Lib Dems in the UK. and if they hold the balance could force anti-war, anti-copyright policies