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		Goronmon on Aug 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Review of the TSA X-ray backscatter body scanner s... So, this sounds like you can make up whatever you want, with no supporting evidence whatsoever, then hand-wave any criticism away by claiming you are just presenting possibilities? I'm not sure how you think that's not a dishonest thing to do.

anamax on Aug 30, 2011 [–]

> I'm not sure how you think that's not a dishonest thing to do.

I've found that such folks fall into one of three categories.

(1) He's doing this for the attention. (2) He's incompetent. (3) He's lying to discredit his supposed cause.

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