Posted on 11/17/2012 7:00:43 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
A Southern California man was arrested at Oakland International Airport after security officers found him wearing an unusual watch they said could be used to make a timing device for a bomb, authorities said Friday.
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Steampunk is sort of techno-Victorian and would have exposed gears, brass tubes and such, not electrical wires and fuses.
Ping!
Ohhhhhhhhh
My God...I’m a bomb making terrorist!
So, what watch or cell phone can’t be used as a trigger?
No photo at the posting link or the link at post 23?
Actually, exposed wiring and old fashioned fuses are very steampunk.
Exactly.
I’m not sure I understand your reaction. The whole steampunk aesthetic got rolling close to a decade ago and to my knowlege peaked about 2010. It was a reaction to all the electronics, all the virtual this and virtual that, all the plastic. People loved the realness of it, substantial, moving parts, sort of industrial with a wacky appeal, it was/is reto and modern at the same time. Computers with a nice wooden and nickel or brass case and one of those wild magnifying glass monitors, that sort of thing. It extended into apparel which is how I became acquainted, we had a few west coast customers requesting designs with a steampunk look and feel, several years ago. It sold in certain locations and sold on specialized internet e-commerce sites but never really caught on broadly. People didn’t know how to take it.
Nope!
It doesn’t fit with my understanding of it, I was tasked with researching the movement and coming up with proposals in the apparel industry.
Sounds Dadist to me. DIY, found objects. Dada.
did you actually read the article?
If you did, are you lacking the ability to COMPREHEND?
The guy did not pass-by someone on the street with an umbrella, as in your RIDICULOUSLY STOOPID example.
He WENT THROUGH AIRPORT SECFURITY with items which could be clearly and easily considered as bomb making materials.
Get it? He had an obviously extravagently wired watch (art??) and boots too big with extra padding in them. HE WAS LOOKING FOR CONFRONTATION as clearly as if he had worn a sign saying “I am carrying stuff to make a bomb”
If he had stuffed that ‘artwork’ and odd extra padding inside a briefcase, and sent it through the scanner it would have been flagged too and sent people into panic mode.
How stupid is that?
And wearing a tourniquet
Hey I remember that game!
And we are to believe TSA is making air travel safer ?
Your confession has been duly logged...
did you read it?
You are the one who knee-jerked a reaction without comprehending the story.
This guy was obviously doing this for attention, which is not a wise thing to do when going through airport security.
He'll be lucky if he's ever allowed to board an airplane again, not to mention anyone else in America who now finds themselves unfortunate enough to share the name Geoffrey McGann.
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