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Miscellaneous => General Chat => Not at the Dinner Table => Topic started by: ShadowBrain on November 15, 2010, 01:05:09 PM
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...But seriously, what's your opinion on those new airport security things? Are people overreacting, or is this another example of the government putting paranoia ahead of safety and privacy?
In any case, I personally think this (http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20101114/tr_yblog_newsroom/san-diego-man-balks-at-scan) is a pretty inspiring story.
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The whole thing is ridiculous. Do they want to put people off of flying?
Oh, wait. Of course they do. Carbon emissions and all that.
No, but seriously, that's a pretty disgusting breach of privacy. Apparently they get pretty... ahem... nasty when they check women, too. What nonsense.
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Normally I have to buy someone dinner before they'll pat my genitals. Thumbs up!
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The incident itself started when Tyner, 31, was directed toward the full-body scanner in the security line. Tyner refused, opting instead for the traditional metal body scan and a pat-down. When he was told that the TSA agent would have to conduct a kind of "groin check." Tyner balked, saying, "You touch my junk and I'm going to have you arrested."
So he basically chose an alternative and didn't follow through with it completely.
Sounds to me like his stance is pretty shaky if he refused to follow through with the choice he made.
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But it wasn't just a pat-down. Have you read what these new checks involve? They don't pat. They squeeze, grope, and twist. They violate. In any other setting it would be considered sexual harassment, hands down.
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Any other setting?
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My seventysomething-year-old aunt was selected for a random strip search at an airport a few years ago. Apparently, it was a harrowing experience for all parties involved.
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random strip search
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When I first saw this thread I thought it said "backsplatter", like when you pee into a urinal at the wrong angle and urine droplets rebound back out.
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Your failure to drink urine is subconsciously haunting you.
Top Things to Say After a Pat-Down at Customs
1: "What, no happy ending?"
2: "Before you ask: No, I'm not smuggling a cucumber."
3: "Was it good for you, too?"
4: "Whoops, I misread my ticket--I guess this is Michael Jackson International Airport."
5: "So, how are things back at the Catholic church?"
6: "You know, if you'd rubbed that a little longer, I'd be bringing a couple fewer ounces onboard."
7: "When you were searching... you didn't happen to find my rights, did you?"
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¿Que?
What, they don't do those in the States?
Next you guys will be telling me you didn't even have penis inspections in middle school.
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This is easily fixed. Write your senator, and tell them to make trains viable again. Can't hijack a train without looking foolish!
Or, make it so awkward for TSA that it becomes the least wanted job in America.
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Or pass a law saying that airport security can't violate people like this.
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Perhaps a law that bans unreasonable searches and seizures.