Saturday, March 27, 2010

“I love those gigantic tits” or Tales from the Airport Perv Scanner

Since the introduction of the virtual strip search machines, privacy rights activists and Libertarians have been screaming foul. Despite assurances from the TSA and other government agencies that you don't see actual genitalia, our worse fears have been realized.

Recently reported in the Idendity Project Blog, Papers, Please! titled "Heathrow body scanner operator: “I love those gigantic tits”; a Heathrow Airport scanner operator snapped a picture of a coworker accidentally wandered into the machine. This happened in less than two months after the machines were installed.

Jo Margetson, 29, told reporters: "I can't bear to think about the body scanner thing. I'm totally traumatised. I've spoken to the police about it. I'm in too much of a state to go to work."

It did not take long for Critics of the machines to be proven right.

One could hope that this abuse of governmental power and invasion of privacy will be dismantled now, especially since a scant three days prior, it's been reported that terrorists have already found a way to circumvent the perv scanners.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Socialist

I saw these bumper stickers one day



And they remind me of posters of my youth











Coincidence? I think not.