Originally Posted by
wendystation
strip-search (strĭp'sūrch')
tr.v. strip-searched, strip-search·ing, strip-search·es
To search (a person) for illegal articles, such as drugs or weapons, by first requiring the removal of all clothing.
The body-scanner is not a strip-search... you're adding drama to the situation.
Yes! you have the right to complain... and yes! you have the right to choose a hands-on search. But to dramatize the body-scanner by calling it a strip-search... is just childish.
Ah - if at first, you don't succeed, resort to definition and name calling attacks.
Nice, I am glad to know you can use your resources and look up a dictionary definition. I will stipulate one thing - the WBI is not a PHYSICAL strip search. IOW, it is not requiring one to remove one's clothing directly.
However, it
is a
virtual strip search. The devices in question, using various forms of waveform manipulation,
remove one's clothes from view, leaving an image of one's self that appears naked. In various postings, here and other sources, you can find that the images are detailed enough to show:
- One's anal cleft
- The location of the umbilicus and definition of abdominal muscle tissue
- Whether a man is circumcised or not, and to which side he "dresses"
That is not dramatization, that is looking at released pictures from TSA, CNN and other sources. Whether virtually or physically, removal of one's clothing to determine presence of WEI is a strip search.