You can add the pontiff to the list of people who have an opinion about full body scanners at airports.
The National Post reports about the Pope's speech at the Vatican to 1200 airport workers:
The National Post reports about the Pope's speech at the Vatican to 1200 airport workers:
Pope Benedict XVI has spoken out against airport body scanners, insisting that "human dignity must be preserved."
Although the pontiff did not use the words "body scanner" during the audience with airport workers, it was clear what he meant as he said: "It is above all essential to protect and value the human person in their integrity."
Acknowledging that airports were in the forefront of the terrorist threat and suffering economically, he added: "Even in this situation, one must never forget that respecting the primacy of the human person and attention to his or her needs does not make the service less efficient nor penalize economic management."
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