Nothing left to the imagination

Thankfully, the sixteen hour journey the Big Brother Watch team have just undertaken in order to get to Taiwan involved neither body scanners nor an invasive pat-down.

On the other side of the world, however, a fellow traveller has reacted in a, well, unconventional way to the procedure:

"Amid the furore over airport security, Sam Wolanyk had a plan to avoid his second intrusive pat down in a week ... he stripped off.

"But Mr Wolanyk, who had previously campaigned for the right to openly carry guns, was arrested. He stripped to his underwear at San Diego International Airport but refused a body scan and pat-down search because "it was obvious that my underwear left nothing to the imagination".

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Comments

[Richard Craven]

Occasionally, those who campaign for a just cause have to be wary of their fellow travellers. A self-proclaimed gun nut is precisely the sort of person who should be subjected to full search procedures at airport check-in.

[swtor credits]

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[Purlieu]

What relevance does the fact that he "previously campaigned for the right to openly carry guns" have do do with it, please ?

[Richard Craven]

Guns, Purlieu, guns. By and large, I support BBW's campaign against security theatre. But I draw the line at gun nuts. Someone who wants to be allowed to carry guns openly is obviously a both a bit unstable and fixated on things which exist solely for the purpose of killing and maiming people. This is a potentially lethal combination. I would very much like airport security to focus their attention on such individuals, and leave the rest of us to go about our business in peace.