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Title: Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt
Post by: Chris_ on June 02, 2008, 11:45:30 AM
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Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt

An airline passenger claimed that a security guard threatened to arrest him because he was wearing a T-shirt showing a cartoon robot with a gun.

Brad Jayakody, 30, from London, said he was stopped from passing through security at Heathrow's Terminal 5 after his Transformers T-shirt was deemed 'offensive.'

The IT consultant was set to fly off on a business trip to Dusseldorf in Germany when he was pulled to one side.

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Libs are offensive.  They should never be allowed on a plane.   :uhsure:

Title: Re: Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt
Post by: mamacags on June 02, 2008, 12:04:34 PM
A spokesman for Heathrow operator BAA said: 'If a T-shirt had a rude word or a bomb on it, for example, a passenger may be asked to remove it.

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


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


He said there was no record of the incident and the passenger 'certainly didn't make a formal complaint at the time.'

Title: Re: Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt
Post by: jtyangel on June 02, 2008, 12:06:04 PM
 :thatsright:
Title: Re: Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt
Post by: Rebel on June 02, 2008, 12:07:00 PM
Zaf is not going to be happy.  :-)
Title: Re: Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt
Post by: jendf on June 02, 2008, 01:46:29 PM



He said there was no record of the incident and the passenger 'certainly didn't make a formal complaint at the time.'



I'm guessing the formal complaint will come in the form of a lawsuit.
Title: Re: Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt
Post by: jinxmchue on June 02, 2008, 03:02:30 PM
I think this guard was absolutely right to confront the passenger.  Those Transformers shirts are more than meets the eye.

 :innocent:
Title: Re: Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt
Post by: Chris_ on June 02, 2008, 03:11:48 PM
I think this guard was absolutely right to confront the passenger.  Those Transformers shirts are more than meets the eye.

 :innocent:

"Pardon me while I whip this out!"