Comments on: Comments on 17597

Post number 17597

sheauga — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 14:58:52 -0800

Aversion to Nudity Impedes the War on Terrorism.
Would you "bare all" for the sake of Homeland Defense ?

By: jkaczor

jkaczor — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 15:04:24 -0800

While normally I'm extemely "body-shy", hell I have an aversion to swimming mainly because I'm not comfortable with even "baring" my chest, I'd rip my damn clothes off in a second if it was life or death.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 15:25:17 -0800

If I don't get to see my co-workers naked (specifically the girls in the art department) the terrorists will have won.

By: benjh

benjh — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 15:34:01 -0800

This is mostly caused by the repressed society that this government has in so far enforced and attempted to protect under any circumstances. Nudity is considered sexual, and anything sexual is absolutely unacceptable to a lot of the countries. (Except in the confides of a loving, monogomous, man-woman, hetersexual, completely straight, no chance of anyone but them seeing each other marriage). Then you've got the issue of men, who are afraid people might see them belonging to this group or this group and therefore are afraid of anyone seeing them. And of course, women and their perpetual list of problems, from boobs to thighs to ass, either too big or too small (whichever is trendier at the current moment of the incident). Just let everyone have a strip day, and everyone can get it out of their system.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 15:39:36 -0800

What, all decontamination isn't like Star Trek or Dr No?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 15:39:43 -0800

Brings new meaning to "I wouldn't be caught dead in that outfit", now doesn't it?

By: Diddly

Diddly — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 15:57:46 -0800

I volunteered for a hazmat response drill for the Washington State Ferry system a few years ago. We lucked out and didn't have to actually disrobe, but we went through the steps anyway. Here's the shower room and here's the put-some-clothes-back-on room.

By: Diddly

Diddly — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 15:58:47 -0800

Oops, here's the right put-some-clothes-back-on room.

By: jacknose

jacknose — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 16:22:18 -0800

"Both were false alarms." Alrights folks, thanks for stripping and letting us spray your fine, hard bodies with water, but it looks like everything is okay. (Hmm. Smells like a hormonal conspiracy.)

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 16:24:12 -0800

Repressed Californians can begin their reeducation at one of these fine modesty deprograming locations. (May not be safe for work unless your work is clothing-optional.)

By: willnot

willnot — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 16:39:27 -0800

The report doesn't say people won't disrobe (unless you count the obligatory quote from a nudist at the bottom). In fact in both cases it sounds like the people did disrobe. It just says people'd rather not strip. Yeah, that's a surprise. When I go the doctor's office I'd rather not strip to, but I do. The point seems to be we've all been scratching our heads to see if we can come up with disaster plans that provide some tip of the hat to modesty. This whole story is more about titillation than terrorism (not that that isn't a refreshing change of pace).

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 16:50:59 -0800

"Some people would rather be dead than strip in public." I also wish that Siegelson's quote had been expanded upon. As willnot says there is no other support for this in the article.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 17:11:11 -0800

Add "public nudity" to the nightmare scenarios associated with terrorist attacks. Sounds like someone needs a nude bomb!

By: hadashi

hadashi — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 18:01:52 -0800

Me? I wouldn't care. I'm not shy. Now, those in viewing range might object...

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 18:25:35 -0800

Er, given that Spanish(?) guy's success at getting masses of people to strip in public and lie about the beach/main avenue/etcetera while he composes his pictures, I rather doubt "rather dead than strip" is particularly true.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 18:55:48 -0800

I've decided to remain buck naked for the duration as a precautionary measure. I'm doing it for America, dammit!

By: bonheur

bonheur — Tue, 04 Jun 2002 19:21:23 -0800

I would (of course) strip if it was a life or death situation, but if there if I was pretty sure everything was fine, but some overzealous HazMat people wanted my coworkers and me to get naked in front of each other "just in case", I might have second thoughts. If false-alarms like this continue to happen, of course people are going to be reluctant to participate! D'oh!

By: Irontom

Irontom — Thu, 06 Jun 2002 05:59:39 -0800

What's so fucking difficult about being naked in front of other people? And how will you know if it's real or "just in case"? Based on bonheur's logic, if I wanted to really fuck up an area (I don't - I'm just pointing out the obvious), I'd just call in a dozen or two false alarms over a short period of time. Then, I would release my hazardous material(tm), and watch the fun begin!