India diplomat gets 'humiliating' pat-down at Mississippi airport (Meera shankar)

[DesiGuy]

Shez an Indian diplomat.

anyway,its her choice at the end of the day.

By the way, Sarees do look professional.

are you serious man??

no offense, but they may look professional in India, but not on international level.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

are you serious man??

no offense, but they may look professional in India, but not on international level.

Each ones opinion

 

[DesiGuy]

uhhh you mean she shouldn't wear an Indian dress? Because last time I checked, its commendable to be proud of your own culture. Why would anyone from the subcontinent dress as if they are American, completely illogical. She is Indian; should dress the part.

ca'mon, now don't bring the whole culture thing dude. i am just saying, that is considered more professional on international level than wearing sari.
majority of women in politics around the world wear those types of dress rather than sari or something like that.

 

[Creder]

frikin redneck a-holes..i hope the lady gives em hell

 

[DesiGuy]

Each ones opinion

opnions can be changed than. i don't wanna see president of India in this dress at all, espically when he is traveling on world tour, and i believe, diplomats are no less important.

he looks much better in this:

 

[Pfpilot]

ca'mon, now don't bring the whole culture thing dude. i am just saying, that is considered more professional on international level than wearing sari.
majority of women in politics around the world wear those types of dress rather than sari or something like that.

I get what you're saying, but the whole professionalism thing you are talking about is based on a western system. I'm a business student and I have to dress formally way too often. But as part of a government that no longer needs to appease anyone to succeed, does it not make more sense to dress in what is considered formal and proper in ones own culture? Just like Americans dress like Americans and project themselves, I would think it is far more impressive when other nations do the same.

 

[DesiGuy]

I get what you're saying, but the whole professionalism thing you are talking about is based on a western system. I'm a business student and I have to dress formally way too often. But as part of a government that no longer needs to appease anyone to succeed, does it not make more sense to dress in what is considered formal and proper in ones own culture? Just like Americans dress like Americans and project themselves, I would think it is far more impressive when other nations do the same.

if one is interested in representing their culture in world, than i am sure there are many other ways to do that.

but man, this is politics. no need to bring culture thing in here. people wear those dresses, because they ARE considered professional, NOW if India or Pakistan can make a dress that looks more professional than the current one, i think they should wear those dress.

BUT i am defiantly sure, sari or hijab aren't professional. they represent culture, fine. but these dresses don't represent "professionalism".

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

opnions can be changed than. i don't wanna see president of India in this dress at all, espically when he is traveling on world tour, and i believe, diplomats are no less important.

sardaar saab would be better served with a new butler who knows how to iron clothes properly!

 

[DesiGuy]

sardaar saab would be better served with a new butler who knows how to iron clothes properly!

Finally, one thread that force me to "thank you"!!!

 

[greatsequence]

EVERYONE is getting "humiliating pat downs" by the TSA at U.S. airports. Including pilots and crew.

This excuse worked a couple of times but dont expect it to be accepted again and again. Sooner or later other countries will start responding and it will become really embarassing for the US.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

bro --even the Americans are fuming over the pat-downs. You can bypass the pat-downs by going through that x-ray/body scanner machine, right?

from a rational standpoint, again --rules are rules. Don't travel to US if there are objections to it. Simple as that


it's these bloody terrorists who are changing the way of life......back in 1980s, you could check your luggage in right at the entrance of the airports, there were conveyor belts right there at the entrance!

before even getting your boarding pass!


things have really changed for the worst......sad to see the direction this world is heading towards.

alas!

 

[TexasJohn]

You are also talking about Mississippi - that's deep South redneck for you. I don't think those TSA employees cared, and if she was making a big deal about it, it would make the TSA folks dig their heels in. It's human nature..

 

[Ras]

Hulla boo over nothing...diplomats do not have any special privilege while travelling inside America.

 

[Hulk]

Height of stupidity. What are we complaining about? Someone is just doing it's Job plain and simple. This attitude of getting VIP treatment is disgusting thing about Indians. That joker SRK told these guys that he knows Hillary Clinton.

Exception should be made only for few like President, PM.

 

[VCheng]

EVERYONE is getting "humiliating pat downs" by the TSA at U.S. airports. Including pilots and crew.

as Chogy mentioned pilots and crew undergo the same

i'm not for it, but that's what the law is so not much we can really do about it


all we need now is some woman to get bomb-breast implants, and by that time it will be easier and less stressful if one just travels naked as a jaybird!

i hope i'm not giving ideas to ****** terrorists

This excuse worked a couple of times but dont expect it to be accepted again and again. Sooer or later other countries will start responding and it will become really embarassing for the US.

With all due respect, what Chogy is saying is outdated:

from: TSA exempts pilots from pat-downs - latimes.com

TSA exempts pilots from pat-downs
November 19, 2010, 2:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON – After weeks of pressure from pilot unions over controversial new airport screening measures, the Transportation Security Administration has agreed to exempt pilots from enhanced pat-downs and full body scans, pilot organizations said Friday.

Pilots flying for U.S. carriers and traveling in uniform will immediately start going through "expedited" screening after having two forms of identification checked against a secure database, said TSA administrator John Pistole in a statement.

Airline pilots complained when the agency would not exempt them from pat-downs seen as too intrusive and full body scans that union leaders said would put pilots at risk for increased exposure to radiation.

"Allowing these uniformed pilots, whose identity has been verified, to go through expedited screening at the checkpoint just makes smart security and an efficient use of our resources," said Pistole Friday. The changes do not affect policies for screening passengers.

Since Sept. 11, pilots organizations have been arguing that screening procedures for pilots, who are already vetted and provide for the safety of their passengers every time they take control of an airplane, should be focused on verifying their identity using biometric data like retinal scans or fingerprints.

Talks between the airlines, TSA and pilots unions have been stalled for years on how such a secure identity system would be funded. On Friday, TSA told the pilots unions that the administration would move forward with a long-term plan to use biometric screening for cockpit crew members, said Captian Sam Mayer, communications chairman for the Allied Pilots Association.

"We want TSA to concentrate on the threat, and clearly the pilots are not the threat, we are the targets," said Mayer, whose union represents 11,500 American Airlines pilots.

TSA is facing lawsuits from pilots who believe the search methods are over the top. Michael Roberts, a commercial pilot from Memphis, filed a lawsuit Tuesday saying that the new procedures violate his constitutional protection against unnecessary search and seizure.

The TSA decision on Friday did not exempt flight attendants or other airline crew from the enhanced security procedures. Passengers?

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