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If you travel, will you submit to a full body scan?

So, this question has been bothering me lately, mainly because I got back from Paris not long ago and traveled through Chicago O'Hare, and got to see the controversy up close and personal. They had two body scan machines and I decided to "submit" to one. It lasted about 15 seconds and I was done. I felt no more violated than the pat down I got at Germany's Munich Airport. I really don't see the controversy, but, if your traveling or if you've been given the choice, will/did you take it? Why or why not?

Public Comments

1. Next time I fly, I am only going to wear a Speedo and flip-flops.
2. Yes, I would take it. I don't understand why people are calling these scanners an "invasion of privacy" when private parts are blocked out. I have no problem submitting myself to one of these scans as long as it is making air travel safer. I find a full body patdown much more violating than a scan. I have NO problem whatsoever with these "controversial" full body scanners.
3. I went through one myself last week and it seems I was facing a wall, but I understand that somewhere in a room my entire body's image is being scrutinized, and at the same time I'm exposed to some degree of radiation. That said I don't have much other choice, either a very intrusive pat down or denied boarding. I'd take the body scan. At the same time I understand no government on earth wants to spend the money on such and offend air travelers. The only reason we've been subjected to all this is because some extremists and terrorists love to blow up airplanes.
4. Yes. I've got nothing to hide.
5. yep, beats the hell out of a patdown.
6. Yes I will take it. I don't suppose it will be a pretty site for the person operating the scanner but that is their problem. I really fail to see what all the fuss is about. There are people out there who want to destroy lives and property. Scanners help prevent it being my life destroyed. What folk should really get wound up about are the silly rules which stop airports and security staff profiling passengers more rigorously, also the very out moded methods of screening used at the moment.
7. NO! The people running these machines are not medically trained personel and they are shooting your body with cancer causeing microwave radiation. The machines were not approved by the FDA, there was no testing of their long term effects. There are no HIPAA tyoe regulations in place to protect your information. TSA wont even tell you you have the option to opt out, if it was up to them you would have no rights. And this is just the initial roll out. Once accepted at airports they will be in every government building. Some court houses have them already. At that point, just saying don't fly wont do you any good. The pat downs are no better, they are more and more invasive to get you to want to use the body scanner. I can't imagine having to make my kids choose between getting radiated and having a thier naked images transmitted to a stranger to view or letting a stranger touch their bathing suit area. Its a disgrace what is happening
8. Yeah. Why not? No one who sees the image can see you. I don't feel like I'm having my rights violated in any way. But I do think a pat down would be a little too personal, if you know what I mean. I would rather have someone in a different room see my body's xray than die in a plane bombing.
9. If I want to continue to fly ? I will abide by the laws.
10. Sure. Only if everyone else does it. Lol. IF IT KEEPS MY PLANE FROM BLOWING UP.. sure.