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Nine words.\u00a0 That’s all it took to make John Tyner<\/a> an instant, iconic Internet all-star.\u00a0 Tyner, for those living in a cave for the last few days, casually tossed out an ultimatum to a TSA screener that was about to give him a “pat down<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

“Touch my junk and I’ll have you arrested,<\/a>” Tyner said; celebrity was a step behind.<\/p>\n

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He has become a cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre for a growing nationwide protest against “full body scanners” that the TSA is intent on installing in airports throughout the U.S. The scanners — for those of you living in a cave the past few weeks — render a reasonable facsimile of your naked body for anyone was a TSA monitor to observe.\u00a0 (If the prospect of seeing that or begin seen by that excites you: go away.\u00a0 Now.)<\/p>\n

Now, I’m all for the protests, the angst, the concern over a government body instilled with groping capabilities.\u00a0 However, I refuse to be sucked into the emotional screaming match that insists on calling this “sexual assault” because it clearly isn’t.\u00a0 Humiliating, yes; uncomfortable, surely; a crime?\u00a0 No.<\/p>\n

In fact, I believe that using the “big scary words” only contributes the hysteria and doesn’t allow people to focus their efforts on getting these rat bastard things removed.<\/p>\n

So, dial back on the rhetoric and let’s fight this thing on the merits.<\/p>\n

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