(This is a re-post from July of 2012)
Why not Amada Peet or Claire Danes? Heck, I'd settle for Flo from those Progressive Insurance commercials. Nope. Every time somebody gets naked to protest something or to make a point it's ALWAYS a guy. Invariably the "nekid" dude is an overweight not particularly attractive slug
who is oblivious to the stomach churning propensities of his decision to ditch his duds.
John Brennan, a technology consultant, determined last April that he had been called on to make his displeasure with a TSA frisking he experienced from the screeners at Portland International airport known to all. Mr. Brennan, whose clothing tested positive for nitrates, decided to chuck his threads and proceed through security sans clothing. "They are just doing their job and, as a citizen of the U.S., I'm doing my job to protect my constitutional right to privacy," Brennan said in a telephone interview with the San Jose Mercury News. "The TSA had already violated my privacy by doing a pat-down and pulling me out of line. It's stripping me of any dignity."
The Portland cops thought otherwise and arrested him for indecent exposure. The end? Uh...not quite. That was last April and now, after careful Portland style consideration, a judge in that weirdest of all West Coast cities has found John Brennan NOT GUILTY of the misdemeanor charge. It seems that the Oregon state Supreme Court has ruled that nudity is protected speech and old John had disrobed with the idea that he wasn't breaking any laws.
I pass this on as a public service for those of you planning Summer travel that involves a stop in the Pacific Northwest. Make sure you choose Portland International as your point of departure. Just pile everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, into a couple of those tubs the TSA folks run through the x-ray machine and you're good to go. No fuss, no muss...and NO CLOTHES! You might even get early boarding.
Once aboard make sure you mention that you're "looking to spread out" and you should have plenty of room to relax in comfort. Probably have an entire row to yourself. Naked flying, it could catch on. Portland has always been so cutting edge.
Why not Amada Peet or Claire Danes? Heck, I'd settle for Flo from those Progressive Insurance commercials. Nope. Every time somebody gets naked to protest something or to make a point it's ALWAYS a guy. Invariably the "nekid" dude is an overweight not particularly attractive slug
who is oblivious to the stomach churning propensities of his decision to ditch his duds.
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| A man with nothing to hide. |
John Brennan, a technology consultant, determined last April that he had been called on to make his displeasure with a TSA frisking he experienced from the screeners at Portland International airport known to all. Mr. Brennan, whose clothing tested positive for nitrates, decided to chuck his threads and proceed through security sans clothing. "They are just doing their job and, as a citizen of the U.S., I'm doing my job to protect my constitutional right to privacy," Brennan said in a telephone interview with the San Jose Mercury News. "The TSA had already violated my privacy by doing a pat-down and pulling me out of line. It's stripping me of any dignity."
The Portland cops thought otherwise and arrested him for indecent exposure. The end? Uh...not quite. That was last April and now, after careful Portland style consideration, a judge in that weirdest of all West Coast cities has found John Brennan NOT GUILTY of the misdemeanor charge. It seems that the Oregon state Supreme Court has ruled that nudity is protected speech and old John had disrobed with the idea that he wasn't breaking any laws.
I pass this on as a public service for those of you planning Summer travel that involves a stop in the Pacific Northwest. Make sure you choose Portland International as your point of departure. Just pile everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, into a couple of those tubs the TSA folks run through the x-ray machine and you're good to go. No fuss, no muss...and NO CLOTHES! You might even get early boarding.
Once aboard make sure you mention that you're "looking to spread out" and you should have plenty of room to relax in comfort. Probably have an entire row to yourself. Naked flying, it could catch on. Portland has always been so cutting edge.
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