Maybe this is widely known, but I hadn't heard until recently that Benedict XVI had joined the
ranks of
critics of the TSA:
Details
here. Now perhaps I can dare hope for an Encyclical about the inanity of the repetitive "current threat level is Orange" robo-broadcasts, or even a Papal Bull addressing the
deeper illogic of today's airport-screening exercise in security-theater.
"Your
pallium and
zucchetto must be
off and in the bin. I'm talking to you, sir! All velvet or satin slippers must be on the belt,
not in a bin. And this flask -- does it hold more than four ounces of anointing oil? Please step over here..."
[If you're tempted to write, no disrespect meant toward any religious figure mentioned here. I have a different sort of criticism in mind.]
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Posted
25 Feb 2010 13:58
by
James Fallows