Re: X-rays or Strip Search?

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

The question is whether they chose the strip search because they 
"fear" the x-ray, or, don't want to be inconvenienced by having to go 
to a hospital for the x-ray. Having significant experience with the 
airports in Miami and NY, I'd never opt to leave the grounds, and 
then have to return for another flight. I wonder whether the statistics 
would hold steady if they have the option of the x-ray while at the 
airport. Another question is, how are they presented with the 
option, and what information are they provided about the x-ray. 
Everybody has been exposed to medical x-rays, and this shouldn't 
be a big issue to most.

Sandy Perle
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net 
Personal Website: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/1205

"The object of opening the mind, as of opening 
the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
              - G. K. Chesterton -
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