Just when you thought Cameronomics would dominate the press, there's a whole big hoo-ha about naked scanners being launched at Manchester airport. I'm turning the other cheek, because I think they make great sense if they cut queues and the need to be frisked by big butch security staff ( surely this is a far worse intrusive on privacy? ). But there are lots of objectors saying, "how very dare you!"
Well how very Victorian that people would object to it! Especially as it ups the security ante so that terrorists/ smugglers won't be able to tape anything to their bare bodies. The upshot being we can all sit comfortably reading our in-flight mags knowing we're not going to be blown up by semtex or hydrogen peroxide strapped to someone's scrotum.
Not surprisingly, islamonline.net is up in arms because of an infringement of their human rights. Get real people, why should we have one rule for muslims and another for non-muslims when we're all on one plane together and the extra security benefits everyone regardless of their meat and two veg or whether they dress to the left or right!
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