A woman trying to catch her plane home from Los Angeles to Texas was recently forced to remove her nipple rings to board the plane.

There are so many things wrong with this.

First of all, why are nipple rings setting off the alarm? I understand that the TSA has to be thorough (and I’m glad they are, even if they always put my very semitic father in the terrorist box before boarding a plane…but that’s another issue), but my understanding of this is that they are sensitive to people having metal on or in their bodies than cannot be removed. Yes, a nipple ring is a superfluous example, but there are lots of people who had surgeries that caused their cyborgness. And they have to take planes too.

My next issue with this is that they actually made her remove it. In the airport. WITH PLIARS. So completely dangerous to this woman’s health. Removing piercings in an unsanitary place is just asking for trouble, and a nipple piercing where the skin might have grown around the piercing? It makes me squeamish just thinking about it.

And the humilation! Oh my God. Why did they need her to do such a humiliating thing in public? And according to the article, like the jerkoffs that they are, the male agents who made her do this in the first place were laughing at her. These are people who are supposed to be maintaining public safety. It sounds like they’re more interested in being sadistic assholes.

I hope she sues their asses off.

And I hope her new nipple piercings aren’t too painful.

Despite what they may think, Thai police officers are not above the law. In fact, a new measure enacted to ensure that they don’t commit even the smallest misdemeanors may lead one to believe that they are far below the law, moreso than any common citizen.

A senior officer in Bangkok claims that any officer caught littering or arriving late to work will be forced to sport a hot pink Hello Kitty armband. The armband depicts the adorable Japanese kitten sitting on top of two hearts.

The new punishment will require the officers to don the armband for the entire work day. They will also be required to remain in the police station, unable to carry out their normal duties. This may actually come as a relief to the macho Thai officer blatantly wearing a Hello Kitty accessory. Read More »