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Apparently no one else will start this one, so I will. Seems that TSA made a female passenger remove two nipple rings, NOT in private, before she could board a flight, but let her on still wearing a bellybutton ring. What's with that???
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Just checked on cnn.com, no story like that (usually they are the first to post stories like that)... do you have a url?
FYI: This is the wrong way to get someone's phone number!!!!!
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Registered: 10/12/07
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Originally Posted By: OldBaldGuy
Apparently no one else will start this one, so I will. Seems that TSA made a female passenger remove two nipple rings, NOT in private, before she could board a flight, but let her on still wearing a bellybutton ring. What's with that???
They were worried she was a Fembot? (with apologies to Austin Powers)
Personally, I think the TSA went way the hell overboard on this one. one time my parents were taking my children, niece and nephew to florida for a vacation.. they made my mother remove my disabled son's back and leg braces so they could check them.. the only metal on the braces are small d-rings for the straps. the rest of the brace is a solid plastic. i mean just looking at him you can tell why he needs the braces.
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Thanks for the url...
TSA did go overboard. No two ways about this. Wonder if anything will happen to the TSA employee's?
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there was a time i dreamed of living and working in the USA, the belief in freedom and civial rights stuck a cord with me as did the ethics of the people. not being policital here just saying that the dream is gone and the reality seems to be sad
In this world of "political" correctness (ooops. Scratch that word!!!! Scratch it!! I didn;t mean it!), the inability to "profile" passengers makes everyone look like idiots. An airline flight is not a consitutional "right".....it's a priveledge. I say profile and leave innocent people alone.
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