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MIT Student Arrested For Wearing 'Tech Art' Shirt At Airport
SuperBanana writes "According to a report by the Boston Globe, MIT Student Star Simpson was nearly shot by Logan Airport police who thought she was armed with a bomb. She approached an airline employee wearing a prototyping board with electronic components, crudely attached to the front of her sweatshirt and holding 'putty' in her hand. She asked about an incoming flight, and did not respond when asked about the device. Armed police responded. 'Simpson was charged with possessing a hoax device and was arraigned today East Boston Municipal Court. She was held on $750 cash bail and ordered to return to court Oct. 29. "Thankfully because she followed our instructions, she ended up in our cell instead of a morgue," Pare said. "Again, this is a serious offense ... I'm shocked and appalled that somebody would wear this type of device to an airport."'"
I'm surprised at the posts defending this girl - suggesting that airport security should be able to identify electrical components and distinguish art putty from plastic explosives at a glance.
its a PROTO BOARD, fer crissakes! blinky leds!!
the fact that our 'watchmen' are too fucking stoopid to know a proto board from a real bomb - THAT scares me more than some 20something artsy girl wearing blinky shit on her shirt!
clearly, we have the offspring of larry, moe and curly working at the airports. I think I need a drink...
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I didn't choose him, your people did, and agreed with him. You see, you don't have to take everything the government tells you: you can fight the things you don't like. Well, maybe you could, if your judiciary system wasn't full of people suing the supermarket because they slipped on the wet floor.
And you still haven't solved all of your racial issues, so shut the fuck up.
Open your mind a little, and don't try to answer back just because there's a reply button. I wasn't talking about this incident, but about the way security forces work in the US.
About the literacy, at least I don't live in a country where 20% of people can't find their own country in a world map.
Here's what happens if you wear a "Suspected Terrorist" button:
http://freetotravel.org/terrorist.html
The mod points on my post don't agree with you.
I am as paranoid as you are. I have my stuff on a TrueCrypt drive, run a Freenet node and browse through Tor every now and then. But that doesn't make me think that a talented girl who goes to MIT, is worth nothing to this world.
And the terrorists don't give a FUCK ABOUT YOUR SECURITY. You're CONSTANTLY showing off your big guns all over the world, with your wars, your movies, even your documentaries. And the terrorists destroy your most important symbol with FUCKING KNIVES. Yes. KNIVES. You have half the world's budget for DEFENSE and a bunch of "crazy arabs" take two planes and totally own you.
The WTC, the symbol of everything the US means: Money. It used to be the liberty statue... representing freedom. But it's all about money now. (Let's not forget that they destroyed part of the pentagon too...)
You're kidding aren't you? She was asked about the device and walked away without responding. Wearing visble electronics, carrying a lump of play-doh, and failing to answer questions about the device, it seems to me she was trying to cause alarm - to scare people. Which is exactly the aim of terrorism. The people who die in terrorist activities are only the collateral damage. The real aim is fear in those who do not die.
So no, it was not a bomb - but yes, she is a terrorist.
Ahh - My eye!
The doctor said I'm not supposed to get Slashdot in it!
She's very lucky they didn't shoot her through the head. With the crowds of people around the main concern is the safety of the bystanders. The guards responded with amazing self restraint: Remember, they are just people with families, lives etc.. If she HAD been fucking nuts, she could have killed them all in a picosecond.
You are very lucky we don't shoot you through the head. With the crowds of people around the main concern is the safety of the bystanders. We can't let gun crazy nuts like you run around free.
:.....She's a dumbfvck and deserves whatever she gets......"
Ignorant Saudi Tribes Men looking at girl in Minskirt: "She should be stoned to death"
Ignorant American Asshole looking at girl wearing Art: " She deserves to be shot"
I was born in America. My father taught me about freedom. He taught me common sense. He taught me how to assess risk. He never told me that Americans would be chicken shit and shoot people in Airports for wearing Art. If she can wear art in a footbal stadium, or an art Gallery or a Rock concert, then why can she not wear it in an Airport doing what people do everyday - pick up a friend?
She is not the dumbfuck - you out there who are afraid are dumbfucks. You dumbfuck will die of heart disease, you will be killed in car crashes, you will be killed crossing the road, you will be killed by........lot's of things.
You will not be killed by a suicide bomber in an American Airport. Grow some balls. Learn to judge risk. I am not willing to give up MY freedom because you dumbfucks have no mental ability to ue common sense and judge risk. EVERYTHING in an Airport could be a bomb. Got it? EVERYTHING. But statistics tell us otherwise. And if there is a bomb there is a billion to one probability that it will be delivered outside a jacket by a white female student.
You are all dumbfucks if you are afraid. Someone, every day somewhere dies.
"....The majority of people who died in crashes - 56 percent - were not wearing seat belts......" So 40,000 Plus Americans die every year in a crash. So lets allocate all those dumb fucks in Airports to spotting Americans with no seatbelts.
In MY America wearing Art is not a crime.
OK, so if it had been a terrorist with a bomb, then they could have just said the bomb was "art" and they should have been let on a plane...
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