CDC Adviser Arrested for Urinal Incident

[DeSwiss]

File under: "Things to lookout for in the mensroom"

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2007/01/22/national/a141510S46.DTL&type=bondage">CDC Adviser Arrested for Urinal Incident

Monday, January 22, 2007



(01-22) 14:53 PST ATLANTA (AP) -- A prominent public health expert who is a top adviser to federal health agencies was arrested on suspicion of public indecency in an airport men's room.

Dr. Hugh H. Tilson, 67, was arrested Jan. 16 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after a plainclothes police officer said he saw Tilson masturbating at a urinal while watching other men urinate.

Tilson, a part-time faculty member at the University of North Carolina's School of Public Health, has advised the government and industry on health issues and co-authored an influential 1988 report on the future of public health in the U.S.

Tilson recently co-chaired a task force advising the Atlanta-based federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on setting agency priorities and goals. He was visiting Atlanta last week for a senior leadership retreat with CDC Director Julie Gerberding and others.

CDC spokesman Glen Nowak said Monday that agency officials had just learned of Tilson's arrest. The agency had no comment "because it's a law enforcement matter," he said. Tilson could not immediately be reached for comment at his UNC office or Raleigh, N.C., home, or through his university e-mail.

UNC officials issued a statement that clarified that Tilson is not a classroom instructor. "The university takes the charges seriously. We think it is important to let the Georgia judicial system resolve the case," the statement said.

Public indecency is a city code violation, which is considered of less consequence than a misdemeanor, according to a police report. Tilson posted a $500 bond and was released, and is to return to Atlanta next month for a court appearance.

*** - Now, far be it from me to castigate a elder-masturbater -- I never did buy into that "Onan's seeds on the ground" crap anyways. Particularly when you're a 67 year-old masturbater who probably has to take advantage of the occasional and sporatic erection -- when and where they occur.

But one does have to wonder about the Atlanta Police Department's priorities here. They have "Wanker Patrol" duty??? How much do you have to piss off your commander to get that shift?? Is public masturbation a big problem in Atlanta??? Or is this a special effort to combat terrorist erections in support of homeland security??? What am I missing here???
:shrug:

On the other hand, its good to see that some CDC people still support Jocelyn Elders' policies on safe sex. So that's something. Maybe he can use that as his defense. :)

[Behind the Aegis]

1. LOL!

"They have "Wanker Patrol" duty???" :rofl:

Your whole post is funny!

[Phredicles]

2. On the other hand, if you HAVE to do that, fer cryin' out loud,

wait for a friggin' stall to be free.

[gratuitous]

3. And on the other hand

Well, never mind. The off hand just isn't that adept.

I now have to go hang my head in shame, not only for reading this thread, but for responding in it.

[Hekate]

5. Okay, now you made me laugh. nt

[Hekate]

4. It sounds beyond creepy that he would do so in front of all these other guys,who didn't ask for this

That's the thing: women's restrooms are all stalls, most of them with their doors intact. Men's restrooms have few stalls, and a row of urinals that are all in full view of each other.

This man was at a urinal, not in a private stall. Not a pretty sight.

It's likely that it was a grossed-out bystander who called in the Wanker Patrol. And considering that someone of rougher attitude might have beaten the old guy up, he's lucky.

Speaking of being an "old guy" -- sounds like the doctor is overdue for a geriatric assessment to make sure of whether this is part of a pattern going back years, or whether he has slipped over into early dementia and is exhibiting uncharacteristic behavior.

In any case, I see a quick retirement from public duties in his future.

Hekate

[SoCalDem]

6. The poor man couldn't help himself.. He looked down and saw.

he just got confused...

[kenny blankenship]

7. Let's think about this some more, applying Kant's Categorical Imperative

What if everyone did this? What if we allowed all the 67 year old men to masturbate and spill their seed freely in the airport bathroom? What happens? When the 68 year old man steps into the bathroom, and slips on the slimey floor and breaks his hip, is justice served?

What about the 6 or 7 year old boy who walks into this bathroom and beholds the 67 year old men masturbating en masse, and beholds in the same glance what 60 years will do to his body, and decides in that moment that he doesn't want to go on living? Is justice served when he commits suicide by auto-erotic asphyxiation ten years on, at 16 or 17?

I say NO. I say we don't want to live in such a world. I say slap Mr. Tilson and his withered pizzle in irons.

[Joanie Baloney]

8. Look at it from his viewpoint...

He was at an airport. I think he was just doing his patriotic duty to obey the new TSA guidelines about NOT bringing gels and liquids on-board. And, they arrested him??? I'm sure when Shrub hears what a fine sacrifice Dr. Tilson made in the name of national security, he will issue him an Executive pardon.


;)

[Ian David]

11. That's what I suggested on Wednesday...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=31605&mesg_id=32188

[Joanie Baloney]

12. Great minds and all

I didn't see Wednesday's thread, but it would have made me smile too. :)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. This is weird.

How'd the cop know if he wasn't watching men urinate himself? Are there corraborating witnesses?

[Ian David]

10. He has a shiny bald head...

See also:

Bush Bisexuality Asserted In Scorching New Book
UPDATE New Book Further Confirms Our Independent Investigations!
By Sherman H. Skolnick
http://www.rense.com/general57/newbook.htm