dupe...told better in another thread

[Liberal_in_LA]

Oceanside man challenges airport's full-body scan

A recording made by an Oceanside man who refused to undergo a full-body scan at San Diego International Airport over the weekend has gone viral as Internet viewers ferociously debate whether airport security measures have gone too far.

John Charles Tyner, 31, said he wasn't trying to pick a fight when he refused an X-ray scan of his body Saturday, but he was ready to defend his rights, according to his blog, if they made him do it. He is opposed on principle to the X-ray machines because it would show an image of his naked body, said Tyner, who blogs as "Johnny Edge."


He also refused to be patted down by a TSA agent, Tyner says on a blog post recounting the details of his confrontation with airport security. Tyner recorded most of the face-off on his camera phone, and the images and audio have gone viral on the Internet.

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Tyner said he would have gone through a metal detector but that airport security did not give him that option. Instead, they refused to allow him to board his plane and he had his ticket refunded.

As he was preparing to leave the airport, another unidentified security official told him he could be sued civilly and fined $10,000 if he exited without undergoing a search, Tyner said on his blog.

Tyner refused and left the airport.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/11/john-tyner-tsa-showdown.html

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. I suppose that since the repukes gained some seats, the fasciststhink they can do whatever they want

and the repukes will back 'em up.

And they're right.

"Hey - thank God! The Republicans have one of the houses back. Woo hoo! And it's mostly teabaggers, too! We don't have to follow what little is left of the Constitution any more!!!!"

[Angry Dragon]

2. And the talking heads on radio today are blaming the

democrats for the scanners and the pat downs.

[veganlush]

3. and which side of the

argument will he be on when another underwear bomber gets through, and is successful, all because some of his "junk" was plastic explosive?