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[United Airlines Threatened To Remove Passenger Over “Bombing Kids Is Not Self Defense” Shirt]
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I agree with the sentiment wholeheartedly. Definitely not the wisest move to wear it to the airport unless you're wanting to have issues, though.
Why? What specially is offensive?
Please read any of the half dozen comments below that have explained this.
Ah yes, because terrorists will wear a shirt with bomb written on it if they have one, of course
No, but that doesn't stop the TSA from acting like it.
Why? I'd love to hear the logic here. Are people who actually bring bombs into planes known to wear shirts with the word "bomb" on it in an unrelated context?
I guess we're all just collectively this fucking stupid now, huh?
Can we not wear shirts with pictures of knives on them either? I'm certain it doesn't hold true for apparel with gun imagery. Not in the US.
Pretty much.
You know it is not allowed to say the word bomb on a plane right? Pretty much same thing. It's not logical, no use looking for logic in it really.
It's not the same thing at all though.
You're allowed to wear a T-shirt that says "fire!" on it in a crowded theater.
The only reason I can imagine for banning the word bomb on a plane is that people don't want to think about bombs while flying. To people who think that way (not me) I don't see how you could convince them a shirt is totally different. Because again, none of it is logical.
The logic is that the TSA is constantly looking for ways to appear effective. Wearing a shirt that involves the words hijack or bomb or something along those lines is more or less an invitation to get hassled by them.
The logic is that there isn't any real logic to it.
Nobody would be stupid enough to actually do that but that doesn't matter. It makes you look "suspicious", and that's all the pretext that would be needed to detain, search, and harass you with enough plausible deniability to get away with it not being seen as abuse of power.
Yeah, it's definitely got a no-no word on it.
This is the problem with banning the words themselves.
I just watched Meet the Parents this weekend just for a nostalgia hit. That scene about him getting kicked off an airplane for saying "Bomb" cracked me up. He's like "I said I DIDN'T have a bomb! Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb ba-babomb! What if I was a Bombardier?"
My company "don't bomb the babies bath bombs" always has problems at security.
there is a bakery in PA that has a pastry called a peanut butter bomb. It's on their t-shirts. An employee wore one to the airport; yeah, he was detained, and questioned, and things got a bit tense. He's pointing to the website, saying, "But it's right there! It's chocolate and peanut butter!" I think they eventually let him on the plane...