Speaking Of Law In Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Filed in: Events
There's a new national security threat and it's been
uncovered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It's the underwire
bra.
It's not enough that aging grandmothers in wheelchairs have to remove their shoes when passing through airport security, but now there's word that the under wire bra is not wanted in federal courthouses.
Lori Plato went to an Idaho courtroom last month and met up with the homeland security efforts to find the danger in everything with atoms. Once they're done with bras, what's next? Tampons?
Lori set off alarms when she and her husband entered the federal courthouse in Coeur d'Alene. She was asked to remove her bra, but the homeland security storm troopers didn't give a private place to do so. No privacy screen, no women security officers. Just a very slow moving line of spectators, I presume.
What's going on? Heightened security combined with sensitive technology which can detect metal in a bra. I've already had the aluminum coated chewing gum wrappers detected. What's next, dental fillings? Perhaps only those without cavities will be able to travel or enter federal courtrooms of the future.
Necessity is the mother of invention. I envision a whole line of "security clothing" which is guaranteed not to set off alarms at security gates, or cause smirks and laughter among security personnel, many of whom formerly worked flipping burgers.
Perhaps women should not wear a bra at all when going through security checkpoints. Simply jumping up and down for 60 seconds to see what contraband pops out would suffice.
It's not enough that aging grandmothers in wheelchairs have to remove their shoes when passing through airport security, but now there's word that the under wire bra is not wanted in federal courthouses.
Lori Plato went to an Idaho courtroom last month and met up with the homeland security efforts to find the danger in everything with atoms. Once they're done with bras, what's next? Tampons?
Lori set off alarms when she and her husband entered the federal courthouse in Coeur d'Alene. She was asked to remove her bra, but the homeland security storm troopers didn't give a private place to do so. No privacy screen, no women security officers. Just a very slow moving line of spectators, I presume.
What's going on? Heightened security combined with sensitive technology which can detect metal in a bra. I've already had the aluminum coated chewing gum wrappers detected. What's next, dental fillings? Perhaps only those without cavities will be able to travel or enter federal courtrooms of the future.
Necessity is the mother of invention. I envision a whole line of "security clothing" which is guaranteed not to set off alarms at security gates, or cause smirks and laughter among security personnel, many of whom formerly worked flipping burgers.
Perhaps women should not wear a bra at all when going through security checkpoints. Simply jumping up and down for 60 seconds to see what contraband pops out would suffice.
