[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
On 28/06/13 07:08, tom wrote: > On 28/06/13 06:35, bad apple wrote: >> On 28/06/13 06:25, tom wrote: >>> That was just a pathetic excuse. >>> It was shown that the use of airport body scanners alone would >>> effectively lead to more deaths - simply due to the time people spent >>> queueing - than the terrorists caused. >>> Tom te tom te tom >>> >> [citation needed] >> >> Regards >> > Say an airport has 1million passengers a year. They spend an extra 10 > minutes queueing for the scanner - thats 19 years wasted. > There are over 760 million passengers so thats 206 extra deaths every > year. So 15 years of scanning and you've got the terrorists beaten - > which would be a first as the US and other governments shooting down > passenger jets had them beaten before that. > It should be noted that air arrival -> departure time went from about > 2 hours to over 4 hours after 11/9 for flights to the US. > I used to fly abroad from Stansted - I could leave my house and be in > the air in about an hour if I felt daring or overslept - 1/2hr spent > at the airport. Now with the extra queuing if I still lived there > that’s an extra 150minutes per flight so 3090 deaths per year due to > increased unsecurity if similar stuff globally. > Given that the average air passenger may be older than average the > death toll from this may be much much higher as we are just > considering wasted lifespans here. > We are so much not safer - and neither is the english language! > Tom te tom te tom te tom > I think your reasoning is a bit torturous equating additional wasted time with actual fatalities (would you accuse the post office of murdering OAPs because they have to queue up to get the pension?) but I do now understand your point. I also completely agree that all this security theatre is an insult and a complete and total waste of time. Thanks for explaining chief. Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq