Wow, you guys in UK are screwed

[jzmtl]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7431640.stm

Guy wearing a transformer t-shirt was stopped from boarding plane because the robot was holding a gun, what's next? 


Gun T-shirt 'was a security risk'
 
Brad Jayakody changed his T-shirt before boarding the flight


A man wearing a T-shirt depicting a cartoon character holding a gun was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

Brad Jayakody, from Bayswater, central London, said he was "stumped" at the objection to his Transformers T-shirt.

Mr Jayakody said he had to change before boarding as security officers objected to the gun, held by the cartoon character.

Airport operator BAA said it was investigating the incident.

Mr Jayakody said the incident happened a few weeks ago, when he was challenged by an official during a pre-flight security check.

"He says, 'we won't be able to let you through because your T-shirt has got a gun on it'," Mr Jayakody said.

"I was like, 'What are you talking about?'.

"[The official's] supervisor comes over and goes 'sorry we can't let you through and you've a gun on your T-shirt'," he said.

Mr Jayakody said he had to strip and change his T-shirt there before he was allowed to board his flight.

"I was just looking for someone with a bit of common sense," he said.

"It's a cartoon robot - what threat is it to security or offensive to anyone at all?"

A BAA spokesman said there was no record of the incident and no "formal complaint" had been made.

"If a T-shirt had a rude word or a bomb on it, for example, a passenger may be asked to remove it," he said.

"We are investigating what happened to see if it came under this category.

"If it's offensive, we don't want other passengers upset."

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Yep that's the nanny state attitude at work

That's why you won't find many flag waving, patriotic Brits anymore

[Benner]

That's pathetic!    Even for over here.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

If it was Megatron on the T shirt I could almost understand it

[duckman1975]

I have a tattoo of a glock on my butt, will I be charge of carrying a concealed weapon? or how about the bulge in front of my pants do I have to show it to the officers before boarding a plane to assure them its not a concealed weapon? 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I have a tattoo of a glock on my butt, will I be charge of carrying a concealed weapon? or how about the bulge in front of my pants do I have to show it to the officers before boarding a plane to assure them its not a concealed weapon? 

No I'm sure they'd be quite happy NOT to see it

[duckman1975]

Hello mickyd, hope this question won't be taken as an insult to our friends from uk. From what I'm reading, it looks as though UK has a problem with peace and order, I mean banning stuff like wee pocket knives, treating printed guns as security threats, where is this paranoia coming from?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Hello mickyd, hope this question won't be taken as an insult to our friends from uk. From what I'm reading, it looks as though UK has a problem with peace and order, I mean banning stuff like wee pocket knives, treating printed guns as security threats, where is this paranoia coming from?

It's mainly media hyped (violence sell's there crappy paper's ) and a lot of politicians are also using it as a political platform to win vote's

But on the other side, this country has gone to the dog's and a lot of people are GENUINLY scared of going certainly places during the daytime, let alone after dark , it's a problem that first reared it's head about 20 - 25 years ago but successive governments have ignored it to the point now, where youth related crime is now a massive problem (I should like to point out not all young people are phycho nutjob's)

[Roadie]

(I should like to point out not all young people are phycho nutjob's)

Nope! Me and Ben are perfectly sane......

[Benner]

(I should like to point out not all young people are phycho nutjob's)

Nope! Me and Ben are perfectly sane......

Wow, never been called that before! 

[Roadie]

Wow, never been called that before! 

Man sarcasms hard to put across on a forum......

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I think calling Ben sane is reaching a bit

[Benner]

I think calling Ben sane is reaching a bit

I agree. 

[duckman1975]

Glad to know that there are sane people there, but I'm not sure about ben (is it true what they say about him  ) 

[Benner]

Glad to know that there are sane people there, but I'm not sure about ben (is it true what they say about him  ) 

It probably is, yes. 

[duckman1975]

Glad to know that there are sane people there, but I'm not sure about ben (is it true what they say about him  ) 

It probably is, yes. 

For a guy who fathered two goergeous children and works to help children is not that bad I think  by the way nice pics on your holiday glad you had fun, my boy would have liked the train passing by 

[BIG-TARGET]

That means all UK members here, are probably being monitored by MI-5/6 now

[Dunc]

Glad to know that there are sane people there, but I'm not sure about ben (is it true what they say about him  ) 

It probably is, yes. 

For a guy who fathered two goergeous children and works to help children is not that bad I think  by the way nice pics on your holiday glad you had fun, my boy would have liked the train passing by 

Bens holiday place hasnt quite gone to the dogs yet 
   I must be the only Brit on here who is still proud to be English  I'm not blind to whats going on in other parts and cities but I'm a country boy and everything is just fine in my little world .Some vandels did break the wing mirror off someones car the other day 

dunc

[cryptrick]

God that really is pathetic, a T-Shirt lol. You're right Mike, this country has gone to the dog's. The sad thing is, I can't really see this country getting out of this mess

[ducktapehero]

I remember something similar happening here in the states a few years back. A kid with a GI Joe or some other small action figure was told that that he couldn't board the plane because the action figure had a gun. .

[NutSAK]

I remember something similar happening here in the states a few years back. A kid with a GI Joe or some other small action figure was told that that he couldn't board the plane because the action figure had a gun. .

At least that was an actual miniature plastic gun replica, and not just a picture of one. 

[Roadie]

I must be the only Brit on here who is still proud to be English

Nope i'm still proud of who i am Yes I'm disappointed that the few spoil some of it for the majority but we still have a lot of good going for us

[Dunc]

I must be the only Brit on here who is still proud to be English

Nope i'm still proud of who i am Yes I'm disappointed that the few spoil some of it for the majority but we still have a lot of good going for us

So will you be wearing your Union Jack shirt to the meetup too  Ben and Mike will have a fit 


Dunc

[Roadie]

So will you be wearing your Union Jack shirt to the meetup too 
Dunc

First off.... i read that as skirt first and started to wonder what sort of ideas you'd been having about the meet up

Secondly.... nope! I'll be wearing my Multitool.org T-Shirt

[Dunc]

So will you be wearing your Union Jack shirt to the meetup too 
Dunc

First off.... i read that as skirt first and started to wonder what sort of ideas you'd been having about the meet up

Secondly.... nope! I'll be wearing my Multitool.org T-Shirt

I may wear my Vic T-shirt , if I can still fit in it  This giving up smoking lark has made my main EDC fat 

[Roadie]

This giving up smoking lark has made my main EDC fat 

That actually made me laugh out loud

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

This giving up smoking lark has made my main EDC fat 

Maybe you should come as Santa then

[Dunc]

This giving up smoking lark has made my main EDC fat 

Maybe you should come as Santa then

But Santa only comes once a year  Theres no fun in that 

Dunc

[Dunc]

This giving up smoking lark has made my main EDC fat 

That actually made me laugh out loud

 
We're gonna need a bigger tent 

Dunc

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

This giving up smoking lark has made my main EDC fat 

Maybe you should come as Santa then

But Santa only comes once a year  Theres no fun in that 

Dunc

, so near the mark mate , I swear you almost broke the ''family forum taste metre''