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D.C. Commuters to be Scanned With Infrared Cameras
owlgorithm writes "Washington, D.C. area commuters are going to be "scanned like groceries at the supermarket" in order to catch single-occupant vehicles who are illegally using carpool lanes. The article, from the Washington Post, says that infrared cameras capable of detecting human skin will be installed, rather than the visible-spectrum cameras in use today. So much for using dummies in the front seat."
What about Muslim women and skeletons!?
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Behead those who insult Islam [Picture]
London protesters: 'Behead those who insult prophet'
Placards calling for anyone who insults the prophet Mohammed to be beheaded have been waved during an angry protest outside the Danish Embassy in London.
Hundreds of Muslims gathered there yelled anti-British chants to protest against the recent publication of cartoons satirising the prophet Mohammed.
They met after Friday prayers outside Regent's Park mosque in central London and marched through the streets towards the Danish embassy on Sloane Street.
Scores of them brandished angry placards, one declaring: "Free speech go to hell."
They chanted religious slogans in Arabic, paying homage to Allah and the prophet.
Among those protesting was 26-year-old Bushra Varakat, a student from Egham, Surrey. She said: "This is our prophet, he did a lot of things for humankind, both Muslim and non-Muslim.
"We don't know why these silly people use these cartoons unless they were showing how much they hate us.
"We have to defend our prophet otherwise Allah will punish us. We will not accept this ridicule."
Ms Varakat said Muslims respected Christian figures such as Jesus and Moses and believed that they were also prophets.
But, she said, Mohammed was the last prophet and therefore the most important to Muslims.
She said the European media who had published the pictures knew how much it would upset the Muslim community.
This is just plain ridiculous! Is carpool lane cheating such an earthshaking problem that there is a need to employ high tech imaging technology to catch the cheaters? Oh please, there will always be some asshats who will cheat any system put in place. It isn't a big deal. I'd rather be employing technology to solve real problems like disease, and famine.
To the making of books there is no end, so let's get started
So let me get this straight: In order to solve a mere inconvenience (traffic), the lawmakers in the USA's capital are instauring a police dragnet that would be the envy of North Korea.
And this is the enlighted government of an enlightened nation? For crying out loud, are these people nuts? How crazy can these control freaks be?
I don't think that the problem needs such a grossly invasive measure.
Oh, and BTW, the sex industry already provides inflatable dolls with a resistor mesh under the surface that provides a pleasing, uniform skin heat. They just need a car adapter, and voila, the IR cameras are fooled. So I guess Congressmen and other pervs have nothing to fear.
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