Abuse of power is abusive

[arwydd]

Four days ago, I sent a couple of you guys (and my parents) an e-mail about some poor guy getting stopped in Heathrow Airport and being asked to remove his Optimus Prime t-shirt because it has a picture of a gun on it. The original link I found is here. Some of the commenters suggested he try to get the event publicized, and it looks like it worked

Comments

[nekohitori]

Definitely go for a TF shirt, yo. Megatron. He has a freakin' cannon attached to his arm.

But that went on in Europe. Or on British Airlines, at least. Different laws, and all that. I doubt that American companies can/will do that; they'd catch far too much flack.

[arwydd]

T-5 in Heathrow is apparently notorious for their stupidity, but I seriously wouldn't put it past the idiots we've got working foragainst us here on our home turf. x_x Ugh.

Ooh Megatron T-shirt, here I come!!

[nekohitori]

Oi. Good thing we're here and not there, neh?

Hot Topic. They have oodles of TF shirts. Or they did last time I went.

[arwydd]

Lol sometimes, I'm not so sure... luckily, then things like this happen, and I realize that the rest of the world is pretty much just as fucked up as the US. XD

Hot Topic, eh? Excellent - when I get my next paycheck, I definitely have a little trip to make!

[arwydd]

AW DAMNIT I FAIL

I mean... well, crap. I might as well just give up, because I'll be dead soon anyway. ;_;

[arwydd]

I WILL RESIST! THINK YOU CAN REPROGRAM ME, HUH? SILLY THOUGHT POLICE!

[viserys]

Wow, I didn't know that story was so widespread. XD I actually read the article on a DIFFERENT website than the ones you linked, right here:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23489284-details/Man%20threatened%20with%20arrest%20at%20Heathrow%20for%20wearing%20Transformers%20T-shirt

Seriously, what the shit. I would have expected something like that to happen here in America, where they think nail clippers and cuticle files are DANGEROUS WEAPONS. But seriously now.

I also love all the ignorant asses in the comments that are like, "LOL WHY IS A GROWN MAN WEARING A CARTOON TSHIRT HURF DURF ADURR."

On that same note, I can't be the only one that nerdraged when they kept calling the character on his shirt "Megatron". ಠ_ಠ *fist shake*

[arwydd]

Cool, thanks for the extra link! The more publicity things like this get, the better.

One of the commenters got it right when they asked just how many times does a gun have to be removed from reality before it is deemed appropriate? What would happen if you printed a picture of the guy wearing the T-shirt on your own shirt? XD

As for the ignorant asses - they don't know what they're missing! Clearly they don't have anything cool enough in their lives to warrant the wearing of a T-shirt for it!

"I can't be the only one that nerdraged when they kept calling the character on his shirt "Megatron"."

Not the only one! That cracked me up, because honestly, if you're going to threaten arrest - at least be able to correctly identify the "offending" object! Megatron, my ass. They're lucky it wasn't Megatron...

[banditess]

man, i heard about that. it makes me want to KEYBOARD SMASH WFLKDJFLASDKFJLASKDFJLAISFJAOWIERGLOWRNGLAFGJLAKGJ!!!! >>