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The Year We Were Exposed

Statue of Liberty goes through airport scanner.

James Joyner
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The cover of Frank Foer’s last issue as editor of The New Republic:

Yikes.

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5 responses to “The Year We Were Exposed”

  1. Andyman Avatar
    Andyman

    After all these years she hasn’t let herself go. Admirable.

  2. John Burgess Avatar
    John Burgess

    Did the torch and tablet make it through the X-Ray scan? And how come she’s wearing her diadem during this scan? Do we know what it might conceal?

  3. Jack Avatar
    Jack

    Is the “Yikes.” because of the content of the image, or because of the metaphor it represents?

    Personally, I think visual metaphors such as this are necessary to illustrate how authorities such as the TSA think that just because we have purchased a ticket to travel on an airplane we have somehow given up our Fourth Amendment rights (as was stated by a TSA manager in one airport).

    Sometimes you need to be a bit shocking to make people realize the insidious nature of many policies of government agencies.

  4. Generation Yer Avatar
    Generation Yer

    Funny how they use the photo that was proven to be a photoshopped version of a naked model.

  5. michael reynolds Avatar
    michael reynolds

    My son has a t-shirt with the frontal view. Wore it to my daughter’s recital the other night. I noticed only after we got there.

    Kids. Can’t live with ’em, can’t chase them around with a baseball bat.

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