{full story}Beijing domestic security police officer Guo Chunwei was quoted in the Jinghua Times as saying workers checked the wings, legs and anus of each pigeon ahead of time to ensure they were "not carrying suspicious material." The entire process was videotaped, and the birds were then loaded into sealed vehicles for the trip to Tiananmen Square, the newspaper said.
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You think the TSA violates your privacy before you fly?
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Re: You think the TSA violates your privacy before you fly?
Well, you must admit that it would have been embarrassing for the Chinese Communist Party if those pigeons had simultaneously swooped down towards, and then pooped upon, the largest-available picture of Chairman Mao.
Making sure that their bowels were empty of suspicious defecatables probably seemed like a very reasonable precaution to somone (other than the unfortunates who had to perform the inspection).
Cricket might even have agreed, based on her recent experiences.
Making sure that their bowels were empty of suspicious defecatables probably seemed like a very reasonable precaution to somone (other than the unfortunates who had to perform the inspection).
Cricket might even have agreed, based on her recent experiences.
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Talk about being pigeonholed...
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Re: You think the TSA violates your privacy before you fly?
And now we know why iPad assembly looks like a good job.
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