Comments on: TSA demands testicular fondling as an alternative to naked scanners http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 08:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: peacock http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924672 peacock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924672 Photography is not allowed of Michelangelo's David. I'm calling Italy. Photography is not allowed of Michelangelo’s David. I’m calling Italy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-958469 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-958469 Not gonna touch mah balls, not gonna touch mah balls No, TSA, no friggin way, you're not gonna touch mah balls today. Not gonna touch mah balls, not gonna touch mah balls
No, TSA, no friggin way, you’re not gonna touch mah balls today.

]]> By: bolamig http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924680 bolamig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924680 Southwest flights are cheaper than a tenderloin massage. And I doubt they accept tips. Southwest flights are cheaper than a tenderloin massage. And I doubt they accept tips.

]]> By: Jake Boone http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924683 Jake Boone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924683 "'We have to search up your thighs and between your legs until we meet resistance,' he explained." Well, I'm not a violent man by nature, and I don't think it'll be particularly conducive to a good working environment for the poor TSA screeners, but if they're saying that they simply have to keep searching your groin until you punch them in the face or something ("until we meet resistance"), then I guess we, as patriotic Americans, need to swallow our natural reluctance and punch a screener in the face every time we fly. After all, if it helps those screeners do their jobs, it's really the least we can do. ;) “‘We have to search up your thighs and between your legs until we meet resistance,’ he explained.”

Well, I’m not a violent man by nature, and I don’t think it’ll be particularly conducive to a good working environment for the poor TSA screeners, but if they’re saying that they simply have to keep searching your groin until you punch them in the face or something (“until we meet resistance”), then I guess we, as patriotic Americans, need to swallow our natural reluctance and punch a screener in the face every time we fly. After all, if it helps those screeners do their jobs, it’s really the least we can do.

;)

]]> By: dballing http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924692 dballing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924692 It's getting to the point where "living in the US" is largely indistinguishable from incarceration. I just wish it was easier to get a job in a foreign country as an expat.... It’s getting to the point where “living in the US” is largely indistinguishable from incarceration. I just wish it was easier to get a job in a foreign country as an expat….

]]> By: artaxerxes http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-925469 artaxerxes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925469 I'm a woman who has an incredible fear of authority figures: panic attacks, the works. I was physically abused practically every day of my childhood and it presented me with some hurdles to overcome. I'm mostly over it. But when I used to fly a lot on business, I got patted down frequently. I've been told that my scorn for goons and mindless lickspittles shines through even when I'm trying to maintain a neutral face. Judging from the way that cops and authority figures react to me, I would have to agree. I'm bi, look like a cute tomboy and I would always draw the Hefty Helgas with halitosis. I could never manage to call them on the fact that they were groping my breasts. And goddamn it if it didn't happen every time I got called out of line. For all the guys saying they'll chat up their frotters, more power to ya. I bet most of you will do just that. But wait until your up close and personal with some of these people. Damn, I love the idea of working up a stiffy before going through the pat-down, but I wonder if you'll be able to keep it up. I wish you the best though. And I'm going to be doing my damnedest to make the Helgas feel uncomfortable. I think they'll just slip me their numbers though. In my underpants. Ugh. However, this thread has also inspired me to get up my courage and wear a strap-on next time I fly. I'll be happy to take it out and off in front of the entire line. (I've worked through my shyness issues too! Hooray!) I’m a woman who has an incredible fear of authority figures: panic attacks, the works. I was physically abused practically every day of my childhood and it presented me with some hurdles to overcome. I’m mostly over it.

But when I used to fly a lot on business, I got patted down frequently. I’ve been told that my scorn for goons and mindless lickspittles shines through even when I’m trying to maintain a neutral face. Judging from the way that cops and authority figures react to me, I would have to agree.

I’m bi, look like a cute tomboy and I would always draw the Hefty Helgas with halitosis. I could never manage to call them on the fact that they were groping my breasts. And goddamn it if it didn’t happen every time I got called out of line.

For all the guys saying they’ll chat up their frotters, more power to ya. I bet most of you will do just that. But wait until your up close and personal with some of these people. Damn, I love the idea of working up a stiffy before going through the pat-down, but I wonder if you’ll be able to keep it up. I wish you the best though.

And I’m going to be doing my damnedest to make the Helgas feel uncomfortable. I think they’ll just slip me their numbers though. In my underpants. Ugh.

However, this thread has also inspired me to get up my courage and wear a strap-on next time I fly. I’ll be happy to take it out and off in front of the entire line. (I’ve worked through my shyness issues too! Hooray!)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-933921 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-933921 You know we as citizens could really bring a halt to airport travel. Just offer to pay (or some other means) a mass of people to op-out and then back up of pat downs will bring the airport to a halt. Or perhaps someone needs to hire a mole to obtain all the TSA training and provide all of their body scanner secrets for real to the public much like wiki-leaks. Just a thought You know we as citizens could really bring a halt to airport travel. Just offer to pay (or some other means) a mass of people to op-out and then back up of pat downs will bring the airport to a halt. Or perhaps someone needs to hire a mole to obtain all the TSA training and provide all of their body scanner secrets for real to the public much like wiki-leaks.

Just a thought

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924727 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924727 Hmmm. I think the TSA is about to earn a reputation as a "go to organization" for humiliating BD/SM slaves. Hmmm. I think the TSA is about to earn a reputation as a “go to organization” for humiliating BD/SM slaves.

]]> By: phillamb168 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924731 phillamb168 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924731 Oof. Well, we were really looking forward to coming back to the US for a visit once we got an American passport for my son, but, er... WTF? Seriously? Your only choice when refusing to have a bunch of people who aren't your doctor see an image of your tuckus is having those same people feel you up? I think I'll be flying in to Montreal and renting a car for our next trip, thanks. I'll take three hours of driving to potential humiliation any day. Oof. Well, we were really looking forward to coming back to the US for a visit once we got an American passport for my son, but, er… WTF? Seriously? Your only choice when refusing to have a bunch of people who aren’t your doctor see an image of your tuckus is having those same people feel you up?

I think I’ll be flying in to Montreal and renting a car for our next trip, thanks. I’ll take three hours of driving to potential humiliation any day.

]]> By: Seraphim_72 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924735 Seraphim_72 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924735 You Sir are a genius. Thank You for being on this Earth. You Sir are a genius. Thank You for being on this Earth.

]]> By: Stjohn http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924737 Stjohn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924737 If you have to fly on business and you don't enjoy strangers looking at or touching your tackle, you are now subjected to a hostile work environment. Refusing a backscatter gets you felt up, but you don't get a choice not to fly, you have to be at that destination at the appointed time or your livelihood is in question. As far as I know, forcing an employee into a sexually uncomfortable situation is prohibited by federal law. If you have to fly on business and you don’t enjoy strangers looking at or touching your tackle, you are now subjected to a hostile work environment. Refusing a backscatter gets you felt up, but you don’t get a choice not to fly, you have to be at that destination at the appointed time or your livelihood is in question. As far as I know, forcing an employee into a sexually uncomfortable situation is prohibited by federal law.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924738 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924738 The choice is don't fly. The choice is don’t fly.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-926533 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926533 What I found interesting about the article is that I flew out of O'hare last week and the TSA was acting the same way. They asked if I was refusing the backscatter and I respondeded, "I would prefer not to." "You're not going to like it" was repeated over and over before the pat-down began. He hinted at crotchal inspection. I thrust my groin forward. He declined to make due on his promise. My gf was there and rolled her eyes at me for ditching the scanner but the way I figure it, and my figuring is sometimes convoluted, is that I really don't care who touches my junk if it's for inspection reasons. I get frisked going into concerts and such and have to ask, "Was it good for you?" This is nothing and nothing more. Seems preferable to getting scanned by means that I don't understand yet and the results are hidden away to be inspected by some gremlin in a room. What I found interesting about the article is that I flew out of O’hare last week and the TSA was acting the same way. They asked if I was refusing the backscatter and I respondeded, “I would prefer not to.” “You’re not going to like it” was repeated over and over before the pat-down began. He hinted at crotchal inspection. I thrust my groin forward. He declined to make due on his promise. My gf was there and rolled her eyes at me for ditching the scanner but the way I figure it, and my figuring is sometimes convoluted, is that I really don’t care who touches my junk if it’s for inspection reasons. I get frisked going into concerts and such and have to ask, “Was it good for you?” This is nothing and nothing more. Seems preferable to getting scanned by means that I don’t understand yet and the results are hidden away to be inspected by some gremlin in a room.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924486 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924486 Goddamn it, that does it. I'm joining The Resistance! Goddamn it, that does it. I’m joining The Resistance!

]]> By: dballing http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924745 dballing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924745 Your son? He'd have go through the backscatter (creating transient child pornography), or be felt up (molestation). I'd be curious to see what the "no backscatter option" is for minors, to be quite frank, because if there isn't one, absent some "reasonable cause" for being groped and prodded, I'm pretty sure there's no legal way in the TSA arsenal now to deal with a minor. Your son? He’d have go through the backscatter (creating transient child pornography), or be felt up (molestation). I’d be curious to see what the “no backscatter option” is for minors, to be quite frank, because if there isn’t one, absent some “reasonable cause” for being groped and prodded, I’m pretty sure there’s no legal way in the TSA arsenal now to deal with a minor.

]]> By: jimkirk http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924746 jimkirk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924746 What if everybody did the Three Stooges Curly "Whoop-whoop-whoop..."? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5j8Jioan1w What if everybody did the Three Stooges Curly “Whoop-whoop-whoop…”?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5j8Jioan1w

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-925002 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925002 If they decide to do this then they're going to have to allow smoking again in airports because I'm going to need a cigarette afterward. If they decide to do this then they’re going to have to allow smoking again in airports because I’m going to need a cigarette afterward.

]]> By: deckard68 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-925258 deckard68 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925258 We should at least be given a choice of which gender of ex-burger-flippers we want fondling us. We should at least be given a choice of which gender of ex-burger-flippers we want fondling us.

]]> By: LostMachine http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924493 LostMachine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924493 I've been getting "cupped" for the past few years because of the metal in my right leg. I guess they now have a official permission for grabbing your junk. I feel so much safer. I’ve been getting “cupped” for the past few years because of the metal in my right leg. I guess they now have a official permission for grabbing your junk. I feel so much safer.

]]> By: Counterglow http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-940877 Counterglow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-940877 Man, you read my mind. I'm going in there with detailed fantasies of Kate Beckinsale in my head and a raging, diamond-cutter woody in my pants. They'll "meet resistance" alright...and maybe a wet spot. Man, you read my mind. I’m going in there with detailed fantasies of Kate Beckinsale in my head and a raging, diamond-cutter woody in my pants. They’ll “meet resistance” alright…and maybe a wet spot.

]]> By: dballing http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924750 dballing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924750 Oh, see now THIS argument, the hostile-work-environment, this I like. Unfortunately, the "employer" has no say in the matter, and it's not terribly fair to punish Widgets, Inc., because of something the gov't does and which Widgets, Inc. has no control over. Now, if you're a government employee? That's the best-case-scenario... a gov't employee who sues his employer for creating a hostile work environment by forcing him/her to subject him/herself to TSA scans or groping. THAT is a court case I will sell tickets and popcorn to... Oh, see now THIS argument, the hostile-work-environment, this I like. Unfortunately, the “employer” has no say in the matter, and it’s not terribly fair to punish Widgets, Inc., because of something the gov’t does and which Widgets, Inc. has no control over.

Now, if you’re a government employee? That’s the best-case-scenario… a gov’t employee who sues his employer for creating a hostile work environment by forcing him/her to subject him/herself to TSA scans or groping. THAT is a court case I will sell tickets and popcorn to…

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924495 IamInnocent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924495 <blockquote>No way. You think Congress would allow that?</blockquote> Yes, next time that they find a suiting "fright-du-jour".

No way. You think Congress would allow that?

Yes, next time that they find a suiting “fright-du-jour”.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924751 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924751 Vive Le Résistance! Vive Le Résistance!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924498 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924498 This is ripe for anti-fake-security: clearly the thing to do is go on about how 'ghey' the goon is, and how much you're enjoying it. It's easier to hide things in a hairdo. Far as I know, stomachs full of condoms are quite popular. This is ripe for anti-fake-security: clearly the thing to do is go on about how ‘ghey’ the goon is, and how much you’re enjoying it.

It’s easier to hide things in a hairdo.

Far as I know, stomachs full of condoms are quite popular.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924758 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924758 Wow I get to be felt up and don't even have to pay for it? I can't wait until I get the option to refuse a full body scanner. I plan on saying loudly: "Oh yeah, grab my @$$ baby. Oh yeah rub it. Don't stop, oh YEAH baby. That's my bag. Oh, oh, oh, yes." And when they're done I'll say loudly... "Oh thank you baby. I can't wait til I get you back to my place so I can do the same for you." Nothing says I can't enjoy being violated is there? Wow I get to be felt up and don’t even have to pay for it? I can’t wait until I get the option to refuse a full body scanner. I plan on saying loudly:

“Oh yeah, grab my @$$ baby.

Oh yeah rub it.

Don’t stop, oh YEAH baby. That’s my bag.

Oh, oh, oh, yes.”

And when they’re done I’ll say loudly… “Oh thank you baby. I can’t wait til I get you back to my place so I can do the same for you.” Nothing says I can’t enjoy being violated is there?

]]> By: VagabondAstronomer http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924506 VagabondAstronomer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924506 I swear, no matter the gender of the person doing the pat down, I'm going to bat my green eyes and ask "say, what's your phone number?" I swear, no matter the gender of the person doing the pat down, I’m going to bat my green eyes and ask “say, what’s your phone number?”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924763 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924763 resistance is fertile resistance is fertile

]]> By: braininavat http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924767 braininavat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924767 Has the airport screening scenario been used as the premise for a porno movie yet? Has the airport screening scenario been used as the premise for a porno movie yet?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924512 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924512 This might make me wanna fly even more.... or Finally a little 'love' from TSA.... This might make me wanna fly even more….

or Finally a little ‘love’ from TSA….

]]> By: RufusTheGreat http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/tsa-demands-testicul.html#comment-924515 RufusTheGreat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-924515 If plane tickets weren't so expensive, this could be and would be a legal and convenient alternative to prostitution. What will they do it they encounter too much resistance? If the pole gets in the way of seeing what else is in the tent, so to speak? If plane tickets weren’t so expensive, this could be and would be a legal and convenient alternative to prostitution.

What will they do it they encounter too much resistance? If the pole gets in the way of seeing what else is in the tent, so to speak?

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