Don't Touch My Junk! - Mi Primer Bloganiversario

Hoy, 25 de diciembre del 2010, se cumple mi primer aniversario escribiendo en este blog. Como pasa el tiempo. Gracias a mis amigos y las personas que leen mis escritos. Y muchisimas gracias por sus comentarios! Felicidades, Feliz Navidad and a Happy New Year!!!!

In 2004, a few days after the tsunami hit Indonesia, I was sitting at Kahului airport in Maui waiting to board the plane to Philadelphia. I remember wearing my barefoot beach sandals and smiling because I didn’t have to remove my shoes going thru the airport scanner. It was my second trip to Hawaii that year, I wished I could’ve stayed.

Traveling have changed a lot since 9-11. Do you remember what it was like to travel without so many restrictions and scanning devices? Have you seen the new airport body scanners? The other day a traveler in San Diego International Airport refused to submit to a full body scan. He claimed some health concerns and also an invasion to his privacy. He opted for the traditional metal scanner, but also refused to submit to a “groin check”. He even told the TSA security guard, “you touch my junk and I am going to have you arrested”. I forgot to mention he had turned his cell camera on and recorded the whole incident. He was prohibited from boarding his flight, escorted out the airport and now he is being threaten with a $10, 000 dollar fine.

Are you aware that these new body scanners provide an image of your naked body? Other passengers have reported invasive “pat-downs” that felt like sexual assaults when TSA employees reached inside women’s bras and felt their buttocks. An airline pilots union is advising its members to opt out of the (AIT) Advanced Imaging Technology scanners because of concern of radiation. Even thought scanner images are supposed to be immediately deleted, about 35,000 images had been kept on a scanner in Orlando, Florida and 100 of them were posted in a blog on the internet.

So what happens when would be terrorists choose another method, for example inserting bombs in their body cavities? Ooopps, I forgot, it already happened. Check out this link (HERE), and you will read about suicide bomber Abdullah Hassan Tali al-Asiri. In 2009 he attempted to kill a Saudi prince by detonating explosives hidden in his anus to avoid detection.

So if you thought removing your shoes and belt at the airport was tough, think again.

 

 

Comments

[Publicado por: David]

Feliz Navidad y felicidades por tu primer aniversario blogueando. Que vengan muchos más. Recuerdo lo que era viajar sin tanta histeria inútil. Lo que empeora todo es que algunos de los que en teoría velan por nuestra seguridad son ignorantes, torpes o desconsiderados. Peor si cabe, todo a la vez. Animo en 2011 pa'lante.

[Publicado por: Kofla Olivieri]

Hola David! Si, es el primer aniversario blogueando, pero es blogueando en esta pagina. Ya he estado blogueando por cinco años en otros sitios.

Hoy en dia viajar es un problema. Este verano pasado lleve a unas amistades de Inglaterra a la estatua de la libertad. Antes de uno montarse al ferry el proceso es lo mismo, igual si uno visita el Empire State Building. Saludos!

[Publicado por: Prometeo]

Muchas felicidades Kofla. Tu blog me ha gustado mucho desde que lo conocí y he aprendido mucho de tí. Que cumplas muchos años más en la blogósfera.

Adelante y éxito.

[Publicado por: Kofla Olivieri]

Gracias Prometeo! Si Dios quiere espero estar un buen tiempo escribiendo aqui en esta blogosfera. Felicidades!

[Publicado por: Elco Lao]

Felicidades Kofla, por las Navidades y por tu Blog y por estar en USA como uno de nuestros cónsules...

[Publicado por: Kofla Olivieri]

Hola Elco! No veo la hora que regrese a la isla pero al paso que voy no estoy seguro cuando eso va a pasar. Felicidades!

[Publicado por: enid]

Felicidades por este primer año, que vengan muchos más llenos de la creatividad que lo caracteriza para hacernos conscientes de ciertas cosas.

[Publicado por: Kofla Olivieri]

Gracias Enid! Espero seguir compartiendo con mi blog por un buen tiempo! Saludos!