AW: AW: [ RadSafe ] New Airport X-Rays Scan Bodies, Not Just Bags

Fri Mar 2 12:23:23 CST 2007

What enhanced security?  Terrorist are so dumb that
cannot get around this type of technology?  In the
1970s and 1980s we had sky marshalls. 
http://jobprofiles.monster.com/Content/job_content/JC_Military/JSC_PrivateSecurity/JOB_FederalAirMarshall/jobzilla_html?jobprofiles=1
That seemed to stop planes being hijacked to Cuba.  Is
there a lesson here?  Low technology works well.  We
are amoured with machines and technology, without
looking at what works best.  

Yes, the terrorist have won.  As we outspent the
Soviet Union and won the Cold War, they are forcing us
to spend countless funds on equipment to give us the
sense of security.

--- Sandy Perle <sandyfl at cox.net> wrote:

> John,
> 
> Agreed. There is never a 100% probability in
> anything except taxes and
> death! However, where technology can offer enhanced
> security and peace of
> mind, then it should be evaluated and adapted as
> appropriate for the
> circumstances at hand.
> 
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf
> Of John Jacobus
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:00 PM
> To: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: Re: AW: AW: [ RadSafe ] New Airport X-Rays
> Scan Bodies, Not Just
> Bags
> 
> Of course, there is no indication that this
> equipment
> will prevent terrorist from blowing up aircraft. 
> They
> read the news and are very adaptable.
> 
> --- Sandy Perle <sandyfl at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > ALARA means what it says, as low as reasonably
> > achievable. This does not mean zero dose.
> Evaluation
> > of the task and supportt for or against the dose
> > determines if the dose to be received is
> warranted.
> > I suspect that a majority of travelers worldwide
> > would accept this small dose for the peace and
> mind
> > of knowing that the risk of a catastrophy has been
> > reduced, even if the risk has not been entirely
> > eliminated.
> > 
> > Sandy Perle
> > 
> > Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Franz Schönhofer
> <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>
> > Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:38:27 
> > To:<sandyfl at cox.net>,"'stewart farber'"
> > <radproject at sbcglobal.net>,<radsafe at radlab.nl>
> > Subject: AW: AW: [ RadSafe ] New Airport X-Rays
> Scan
> > Bodies, Not Just Bags
> > 
> > ALARA!!!!!!
> > 
> > Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
> > MinRat i.R.
> > Habicherg. 31/7
> > A-1160 Wien/Vienna
> > AUSTRIA
> > 
> > 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Sandy Perle [mailto:sandyfl at cox.net] 
> > Gesendet: Samstag, 24. Februar 2007 22:29
> > An: Franz Schönhofer; 'stewart farber';
> > radsafe at radlab.nl
> > Betreff: Re: AW: [ RadSafe ] New Airport X-Rays
> Scan
> > Bodies, Not Just Bags
> > 
> > ALARA is alive and well in USA, to an extreme
> > extent.
> > 
> > In this case, the extra dose, estimated to be 10
> > microrem is almost
> > non-radiation dose. The privacy aspects is an
> issue
> > and has to be evaluated
> > against the risks trying to be mitigated. The
> > article and Stu,s 0comments
> > are about the dose received, the doctor's
> comments,
> > and had nothing to do
> > about the image resolution considerations.
> > 
> > I would be surprised that anyone considers this 10
> > microrem dose to be an
> > issue.
> > 
> > Sandy Perle
> > 
> > Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless  
> > 
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> mankind; that we cannot
> right every wrong or reverse each adversity; and
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> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
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“We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent or omniscient — that we are only 6 percent of the world’s population; that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind; that we cannot right every wrong or reverse each adversity; and therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.”
-- John F. Kennedy 

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
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