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Cher called her supervisor. He tried to explain the situation to teary-eyed
Brooke. He told her that the Transportation Security Administration couldn’t
take a chance on Brooke boarding the plane. “For all we know,” he said, “your
breast could actually be a deadly bomb in disguise. Once you get on board, all
you have to do is pull on that ring to detonate the bomb, like you would pull
the ring on a hand grenade. I'm sorry, but our motto is Better Safe than
Sorry.”
The next day, Brooke contacted well-known Los Angeles lawyer Gloria Allred.
Allred immediately filed a lawsuit against TSA. She held a televised press
conference. “If a nipple ring might detonate a breast bomb,” Allred asked, “then
why does TSA allow wedding rings on planes? Maybe someone could pull on their
wedding ring and detonate a hand bomb! And why would a pretty young girl like
Brooke want to blow herself up? TSA is going to be sorry they made this
mistake.”
Just two days later, TSA announced that passengers with body piercings
would no longer have to remove their jewelry, as long as they allowed TSA to
“visually inspect” all the jewelry. Also, TSA reimbursed Brooke for her original
plane ticket, bought her a round-trip first class ticket to Atlanta, and paid
her an undisclosed cash settlement.
“This is a victory for the people,” Allred announced in a second press
conference.
“This is a victory for TSA,” announced a TSA spokesman. “It allows us to
focus on life and death issues rather than waste our valuable time waiting for
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发表于 2016-7-10 09:20:56