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DHS Official Considered Shock Collars For Air Travelers

Posted by timothy on from the kip-hawley-please-to-the-red-discourtesy-phone dept.

"The Washington Times is reporting that the DHS wants to replace your boarding pass with a GPS-enabled shock bracelet. Plans for the device include subduing passengers remotely as well as onboard interrogation. There's even a promotional video." Perhaps Paul Ruwaldt (the official named in this story) has been watching "The Coneheads" a bit too much, or not actually flying enough. Expressing interest is not quite the same as ordering mass quantities, but it's scary enough.

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  1. Shocking ! by trolltalk.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought that air travel was punishment enough already!

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    1. Re:Shocking ! by LuisAnaya · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well... who knows. some people with electroshock fetish might even pay a premium.. ;)

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  2. The Onion by LexMortis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hahaha, man.. The Onion has the best articles!

    Hahaha... wait, wtf?!

    %#$$%#@!!!

  3. Oh no by Peter_The_Linux_Nerd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't care about the shock collars, but for the love of god don't run the system on windows.

  4. Instead of shocking people with a collar by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...why not just show them Slashdot's new interface?

  5. Re:Nothing to see here, move along by gnick · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why did this fake story even get posted?

    Because it's amusing? If only they had tagged it with a Monty-Python style foot and posted it to 'idle' so that we had some indication that it was silly instead of serious news...

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  6. Re:Dangerous slide by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I predict a great future for video conferencing companies.

  7. Re:WTF? by megaditto · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, TSA-mandated 12" exploding buttplugs would be scary. (which is what it'll take for the public to wake up)

    Shock collar boarding passes are merely funny.

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  8. Re:Dangerous slide by EdIII · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, go waaaay beyond "papers please" and treat *all* of your citizens as criminals when they travel.

    Yeah, go waaaay beyond "papers please" and treat *all* of your citizens as animals when they travel.

    There. Fixed that for you.

  9. Re:Dangerous slide by erudified · · Score: 5, Funny

    The truth is that another hijacking is unlikely to happen.

    Wrong!

    If they put a shock collar on me, I'd blow the damn plane up on general principle.

  10. Re:Dangerous slide by CastrTroy · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're on idle.slashdot.org, and your only question is why the quote tags aren't working? This page has bigger problems.

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  11. Re:WTF? by Miseph · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dunno... exploding 12" butt plugs sound funny to me.

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  12. I'm all for it by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 3, Funny

    As long as it's the shocks are cell-phone activated!

  13. Re:Dangerous slide by staeiou · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've figured it out! They are normal people like you and me. Only when they step into a voting booth, they get claustrophobic. This fear triggers other irrational fears, leading them to vote neoconservative.

  14. Re:Dangerous slide by digitrev · · Score: 3, Funny

    And that just scares the shit out of me.

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  15. My work here is done by jamrock · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I don't think"

    I found the problem with your post.