Idiot' barb gets passenger detainedWASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Wisconsin man who wrote "Kip Hawley is an Idiot" on a plastic bag containing toiletries said he was detained at an airport security checkpoint for about 25 minutes before authorities concluded the statement was not a threat.When I read what was written on the bag, I chuckled. That is about all the swaggering TSAs should have done.
( rest of article behind the cut )I think Ryan Birds' point was missed. Many of these 'security measures' are as useless as teats on a bull. Make people dump their toiletries in a bin? Would YOU want to be standing next to a barrel of of maybe several tubes of what could be explosives? Sipping out of bottles of baby formula? Like terrorists would be adverse to ingesting a bit of toxic liquid. How about having National Guardsmen at airports, weapons unslung with no bullets. Yeah, that's a real safety measure.
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dare state your opinion... you get detained, bullied, and threatened with arrest. At least the cop was clear headed enough to just let it go.
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