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Man Walks Past Security Screening Staring At iPad, Causing Airport Evacuation
First time accepted submitter chentiangemalc writes While Australia is on "high alert" for terror threats a man walked past a Sydney Airport security screening while engrossed in his iPad and delayed flights for an hour. From the article: "This event was captured on CCTV and unnerved officials so much that they evacuated passengers. As the Sydney Morning Herald reported, the man found himself (or, perhaps, didn't) going into the terminal through an exit passage that clearly was convenient for him, but less convenient for the hordes of passengers who not only had to be removed from Terminal 3, but also re-screened. A spokeswoman for Qantas told the Morning Herald: 'The man disembarked a flight and left. It appears he wasn't paying attention, was looking at his iPad, forgot something and walked back past (the security area).'"
Negligent distracted attempted terrorism? That's a thing, right?
That's right, the guy with the Apple was just bending the rules...
Clearly the solution is to put a fountain in the security exit corridor to trap screen-lookers before they can cross the security line!
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
No, the Queen is in charge. Obama's role is entirely ceremonial.
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
I'm so glad that so many people were able to participate in the extended season of Security Theatre. Too bad the iPad patron missed out. Well, at least at first...
In their defense, Apple users always look kind of shifty to me.
Isn't it brilliant? We don't even need any real terrorists any more, we're so ready to terrorise ourselves that they've become redundant.