{"id":660041,"date":"2010-02-10T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.justaguything.com\/?p=6115"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:26:53","slug":"fleshmob-strips-down-to-protest-airport-scans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/660041","title":{"rendered":"Fleshmob Strips Down to Protest Airport Scans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.justaguything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/E4AF4A00-138C-4E41-B939-2B636C386B28.jpg?resize=420%2C253\" alt=\"E4AF4A00-138C-4E41-B939-2B636C386B28.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"253\" align=\"top\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recently protesters stripped down at Germany&#8217;s Berlin-Tegel airport to protest the planned introduction of new, more intrusive, body scanners.  Calling themselves a &#8220;fleshmob&#8221;, the protesters got down to their underwear and <span id=\"more-6115\"><\/span>wrote protest slogans over their bodies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething to hide?\u201d and \u201cBe a good citizen &#8211; drop your pants\u201d were among the slogans written in German. <\/p>\n<p>The new scanners have been dubbed &#8220;virtual strip searches&#8221; because they can peer through clothing, creating a ghostly naked image.  The scanners are being rushed into operation following the failed aircraft bombing in Detroit when a passenger smuggled explosives in his underwear.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the fleshmob in action:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0jrgUhOrHFU&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/center><br class=\"clear\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.justaguything.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&#038;id=6115&#038;type=feed\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.justaguything.com\/iranian-girl-strips-naked-to-protest-elections\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Iranian Girl Strips Naked to Protest Elections'>Iranian Girl Strips Naked to Protest Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.justaguything.com\/the-get-naked-bikini-dissolves-in-water\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The &#8220;Get Naked&#8221; Bikini Dissolves in Water'>The &#8220;Get Naked&#8221; Bikini Dissolves in Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.justaguything.com\/bill-oreilly-hates-hot-naked-chicks\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Bill O&#8217;Reilly Hates Hot Naked Chicks'>Bill O&#8217;Reilly Hates Hot Naked Chicks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/justaguything?a=tjWM8U7YOzk:DnZdwe9otuY:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/justaguything?i=tjWM8U7YOzk:DnZdwe9otuY:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/justaguything?a=tjWM8U7YOzk:DnZdwe9otuY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/justaguything?i=tjWM8U7YOzk:DnZdwe9otuY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/justaguything?a=tjWM8U7YOzk:DnZdwe9otuY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/justaguything?i=tjWM8U7YOzk:DnZdwe9otuY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/justaguything?a=tjWM8U7YOzk:DnZdwe9otuY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/justaguything?i=tjWM8U7YOzk:DnZdwe9otuY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/justaguything?a=tjWM8U7YOzk:DnZdwe9otuY:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/justaguything?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/justaguything\/~4\/tjWM8U7YOzk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently protesters stripped down at Germany&#8217;s Berlin-Tegel airport to protest the planned introduction of new, more intrusive, body scanners. Calling themselves a &#8220;fleshmob&#8221;, the protesters got down to their underwear and wrote protest slogans over their bodies. \u201cSomething to hide?\u201d and \u201cBe a good citizen &#8211; drop your pants\u201d were among the slogans written in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-660041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2LHP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761581,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660041\/revisions\/761581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}