On March 30th, 2008 at 8:38 pm, davidcaskey said:
When are people going to get the fact that the TSA is not security. It is simply an agency that is in place to make you think they are doing something. In actual fact, it is very easy to circumvent the so called security at our airports. Someone dedicated to a terrorist act can get just about any type of weapon system on a plane. My feeling is that we eliminate the TSA, Homeland security and all the other idiotic agencies that pretend to do something. In their place we need a get tough policy on countries and groups that allow and encourage terror. That would translate to the fact that if SA citizens take a plane, then a SA city will be distroyed. In short, you hold a nation responsible for the acts of its citizens. Now what about those in our country that are prone to this activity? We could start by outlawing religions that condone violence.

………………………………..davidcaskey……….you sound like a typical terrorist. Convince the enemy of lack of danger, just enough for the terrorists to sneak thru……………nice try, no dice. Get some brain pills, would ya?
By the way, we have a guy here that completed 20 years if faithful service in the Marine Corps…..he is a muslim….and a TSA offcer. I guess some of you jacka$$e$ wouldn’t give him the job since he’s a muslim.
Rio
Semper Fi!

It is not like ear piercing (or even nose piercing) which goes through unstressed flesh.

(Note: I’m not a supporter of body modification/piercing (I think it looks tacky) . I just read the article and used common sense)

ABC News
A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.

“I wouldn’t wish this experience u…

A nipple ring is, on visual inspection, just a nipple ring. However, it can also be an obvious source of the metallic ping actually caused by the detonator hidden in the breast implant.

Oh for heaven’s sake. If we’re going to get that paranoid about it (and BTW, the hypothetical breast explosive device could be triggered by squeezing the breast after all), why not just prevent all women from flying? Or better yet, order the mass hiring of “Boobie Squeezer Specialists,” complete with unions and pensions? People put rings in their noses, ears, and lips. Are we to worry that someone, by pulling a nose hair, will destroy a plane using the dreaded sinus bomb? And what is to prevent explosive devices being hid in various bodily orafices? The mind reels at the possibilities.

I had no idea Eric Cartman was now in charge of airline security. There was no excuse for this disgusting and cruel action on the part of the TSA and the stupid “thinking” accompanying it.

“Marines and Medal of Honor recipients have been subjected to onerous screening, too. It isn’t the end of the world to be asked to remove removable jewelry.”

Right! Long before ever deciding on a private piercing or tattoo, people need to realize that such personal embellishments bring with them the potential consequence of public embarrassment in unexpected/out-of-the-ordinary situations like airport screenings, emergency room visits, etc.

Btw, a dermatologist I know says any body piercing amounts to a break in the skin and provides a potential pathway for infection and disease. So be careful and use plenty of anti-septic if you’re considering one