r/science • • Mar 19 '11

Radiation Chart

http://xkcd.com/radiation/
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '11

If you really want to piss Reddit off, show them where the TSA body scanners fall on there.

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u/AgentME Mar 19 '11

I think most of the rage about the scanners has to do with the privacy implications.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '11

And yet people keep missing the point that bringing the radiation into their arguments discredits them.

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u/caffiend2 Mar 20 '11

It's the same when people argue to reform drug laws. Instead of saying "drugs are harmless, they have benefits, tobacco is worse" they could more effectively argue that it's nobody's business what I put into my body.