Please Return Your Trays To Their Full, Upright Position -- Or We'll Have To Zap You

[DeSwiss]

Want some torture with your peanuts?

The Washington Times
Aviation Security
POSTED 2:18 PM BY P. JEFFREY BLACK & JEFFREY DENNING




Just when you thought you’ve heard it all. A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser®. According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal, Inc. website, the bracelet would be worn by all airline passengers (video also shown below).

This bracelet would:

• Take the place of an airline boarding pass

• Contain personal information about the traveler

• Be able to monitor the whereabouts of each passenger and his/her luggage

• Shock the wearer on command, completely immobilizing him/her for several minutes

The Electronic ID Bracelet, as it’s referred to, would be worn by every traveler “until they disembark the flight at their destination.” Yes, you read that correctly. Every airline passenger would be tracked by a government-funded GPS, containing personal, private and confidential information, and would shock the customer worse than an electronic dog collar if the passenger got out of line.

Clearly the Electronic ID Bracelet is a euphemism for the EMD Safety Bracelet, or at least it has a nefarious hidden ability (thus the term ID Bracelet is ambiguous at best). EMD stands for Electro-Musclar Disruption. Again, according to the promotional video, the bracelet can completely immobilize the wearer for several minutes.

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- I must say that I was surprised to find this article at the Washington Times, which is of course a Mooney Paper. Its chocked-full of conservative crackpots as far as the eye can see. But you should see the comments they're making.

Apparently even Repukes have a line that can be crossed in favor of civil liberties....
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DeSwiss


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[KansDem]

1. This will never fly...

No pun intended, but no one is going to want this thing strapped around their wrist. No one, no way...

[DeSwiss]

4. Yeah, sure.

Just like that scanner that looks under your clothes isn't going to be used either. You should look at the video this company that makes these things posted at the link. They're pushing every one of the 911 SCARE BUTTONS.

- I wish I had your confidence, but after Congress caved on FISA, I don't think nothing can stop them....

[SteelPenguin]

9. Hell I have no problem with that

Saves me the time of stripping naked. I could care less. Nobody cares if an EMT sees you naked (well you want to wear clean underwear right?) so I don't really care about these people doing so.

But walking through a 'Total Recall' x-ray security scanner is different than being asked to wear a tazer for 8 hours on my wrist, and please put them on your children too. Not gonna happen. The X-ray breaks, I don't get zapped or even killed by the damn thing.

[Jim__]

6. People once said we wouldn't put up with the security check before getting on a plane.

But, we're easily manipulated, and our government knows that.

[Double T]

2. The 'friendly skies' have been replaced with the 'taser torture skies'.

bush, cheney and chertoff must be salivating with anticipation. The implanted microchips at the base of the brain stem are on deck.

[DeSwiss]

5. Remember the exploding collars....

...in "The Running Man???" I think that's where the idea comes from.

- They not only know where you are at all times and have all your ID info, but they can "ameliorate" any problems that crop up...

[Prefer]

3. How do we stopp terrorists from

putting a napkin between their wrist and the taser.

[DeSwiss]

7. The airlines will no doubt....

...be eliminating napkins to save on fuel costs.

- And to keep a terrorist from using some other article that obscures the zapper signal - "All Naked Flights" until the terrorist threat has been defeated.....

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. And everyone thought my idea for "Nekkid Airlines(tm)" was a goofy idea!

Trust me, one look at my nekkid bod would have people lining up for the lavatory to relieve themselves of the pretzels they were given pre-flight!

Me -- an anti-terrorist strategery -- whold'a thunk it?

[wryter2000]

8. Test it on Skeletor first n/t

n/t

[tanyev]

10. There ya go. Airplanes will soon become flying cattle cars.

Moo.

[gratuitous]

11. 23B wants another package of peanuts

Fry 'im!

[ForrestGump]

12. i just KNEW I recognized that dude!