Airport stops man for T-shirt: "Freedom or Die"

[kay1864]

Airport apologises over T-shirt security gaffe
Mon Mar 15, 9:18 am ET

LONDON (AFP) – London's Gatwick Airport has apologised after a man wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "Freedom or Die" was asked to turn it inside-out because it could be threatening, a spokesman said Monday. Lloyd Berks, 38, was stopped by security officers as he headed for a family skiing holiday in Austria, according to media reports.

"When I went through the metal detector, first they told me to take my trainers off, then they took my wallet off me. Then the guy who checked me told me to turn my T-shirt inside out," he said, cited by The Daily Telegraph newspaper. "He said: 'Some airlines get a bit worried by T-shirts with what you have got on, it might be a bit threatening'.

"I thought he was joking at first. It is turquoise and white, it is just a design T-shirt, it is not gothic or in your face and the slogan is quite small. I asked if I could cover it up with my cardigan and he said that would be OK," added the Briton, who was travelling with his partner, Donna, 38, and children Callum, six, and Kaydee, four on February 27.

Gatwick apologised for the incident, a spokesman said, stressing that the airport "does not apply a policy relating to appropriate/inappropriate T-shirt slogans worn by passengers passing through airport security.

Rest of article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100315/wl_uk_afp/britainattackstraveloffbeat

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[rcrush]

1. They didn't lock him in a room and interrogate him for 6 hours?

Oh wait it was in London.

[SlingBlade]

2. Can't say that I blame 'em. That's the kind of shit the Right Wing

Spit Drippers say just before the plane crashes into the building

[virgogal]

3. All travelers from N.H. should wear their state motto on their tees---

"Live Free or Die".

[Tesha]

4. That's funny -- here in NH, they used to arrest us if we *COVERED UP* that slogan on our license...

...plates. The irony finally struck some state supreme court
justices, though, and now we have the freedom to cover up
"Live Free or DIe" if we wish.

Tesha

[virgogal]

5. Darn,I didn;t know that, Good for the judge,