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- venir, on 10/12/2007, -9/+488Also noted, the TSA refused to allow the woman to bring the child on board the plane, citing that there were more than 4 ounces of liquid in the baby and the baby was not properly wrapped in a sealed, clear plastic bag.
- Alphateam, on 10/12/2007, -30/+200That is too bad. Sounds like by the genes the kid has it would be better if it lost the ability to reproduce.
- SirNoobius, on 10/12/2007, -3/+134watch out for HULK in a few years
- diktator279, on 10/12/2007, -1/+101I dont know what level of confusion would lead one to put a baby on a conveyor of any kind.
- retral, on 10/12/2007, -3/+85To all you moms out there: This is why you don't lend your child to your senile old parents :P
- diktator279, on 10/12/2007, -22/+100Will it blend?
Actually, i'm so sick of that comment I think I'll digg myself down. - parislemon, on 10/12/2007, -5/+83FYI: "The infant was taken to Centinela Hospital, where doctors determined that he had not received a dangerous dose of radiation."
- majorca, on 10/12/2007, -6/+67 Did she put the kid in the overhead compartment once she got on the flight? Dumbass.
- chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -4/+55you don't need to speak english to know not to put you baby into a ***** machine.
- VolatileWhimsy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+43Sorry but that makes no sense what so ever.
She is probably just an idiot. - unamas, on 10/12/2007, -21/+58stupid bitch!
- TheGilmanator, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39It is happy news! The baby didn't die and Grandma is now in Mexico City- far away from the rest of us in the US.
We all win. - kylesellers, on 10/12/2007, -12/+47Unsurprisingly, the lady spoke no English and was boarding a flight to Mexico City. I guess we need to translate all those "Don't put your baby in front of radiation shooting devices!" signs into Spanish...
- Seidoger, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31"She initially didn't want the baby transported to a hospital, but security officials called paramedics and insisted that the child be examined by a doctor."
Good thinking on her part.. I mean those doctors at the hospitals X-Ray babies! She wouldn't want that! - Roger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Yes. If Britney Spears is a 56 year old Hispanic grandmother.
- gabeN, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22Did they make the baby take it's booties off?
- drmobutu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22A new generation of X-Men, indeed!
MEX-Men! (deafening sucking ROAR!!!)
It'll probably turn out the kid has some weird ability to thwart identification & security measures in the future.
He has no fingerprints!
His eyes, hair & skin can change color!
He can't be seen on regular video, or infra-red!
He legally resides in TWO locations at the same time!
His face is malleable, and so uncharacteristically unrecognizable, that nobody can remember exactly what he looks like, and can give no definitive information about his(her?) race, age, gender, etc.
He can instantly learn any skill or language, and has a psychic abilities, which he uses to submit low bids... - GunbladeVIII, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19If you've ever settled into your seat for a 13 hour flight to Japan, only to figure out that your seat is within two rows of "that screaming kid", you'll get off the plane at the end of the flight ready to classify babies as a weapon of psychological warfare too.
- denkc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18From the article: "Human beings weren't meant to go through those things."
Gee.
Really? - afx1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19So was the baby concealing any weapons?
- betterth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17@Digboy
Are you a retard? He made a joke about recent TSA rulings preventing the carry-on of liquids that could be used, theoretically, in a home made explosive. For a while almost all liquids couldn't be brought on to a plane, and had to be sealed in your luggage.
It was a joke, hell it was a _clever_ joke, and quite funny at that.
I have no idea what your problem is, but there's no need to pretend that you're a psychologist and can psychoanalyze a person based on a single Digg post. You just look like a douche for trying. Learn to laugh at humor -- this is the /exact/ same kind of joke that Jon Stewart would have used. - gtchen66, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14So you're saying that if I'm travelling in Russia and I can't understand any of the signs, and I see people loading backpacks, purses, coats, and carryon onto a conveyer belt that goes into a machine, that it's perfectly reasonable if I put my baby and carrier on the conveyer...
NOT!
People need to take responsibility for their actions. This was not an accident. The grandmother exercised extremely poor judgement and made a deliberate choice to put the baby into the machine. She decided it was easier to do that than to potentially get a hassle trying to communicate with the TFA agents. - mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Supper powers?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12As draconian as it might seem I really think there should be some kind of testing process for parents. Nurses aren't allowed to just walk in off the streets and get a job looking after people, they must be regulated and licensed - parenting is the same thing as nursing except a disabled person will generally be able to tell you that you're a ***** retard before you shove them through an x-ray machine where as a baby cant really give you much feed-back on your level of incompetence.
- VolatileWhimsy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13This is sad.. Can we have some happy news on the front page please.
- datastorageguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I love how critics blame the TSA for not staffing the checkpoint enough the "prevent an accident" like this again. It wasn't an accident, it was lack of common sense and stupidity.
- DoctaStooge, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15New rule, if you put a baby through the scanner, whether parent or not, you have to go right to the hospital and get sterilized so that you can no longer reproduce since it is obvious you can't take responsibility for a kid.
- Ramble, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12The power to EAT FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!
- dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -6/+17I don't know what's worse: That the employees there didn't catch her before she did this, or that the people waiting in line with her didn't stop her from doing this. What were they afraid of? Being embarrassed?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Out of the probably 10 people that saw her about to put a baby through the machine, nobody said a word. That's L.A. for you.
- TheRedCoat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@zztrx. Not quite sure I agree with everything you say here.
Yes, some airport security staff are somewhat lacking - all around the world.. But, I don't think it's their responsibility to stop stupidity. If it is, they need to hire a hell of a lot more staff... - abcohen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Was it Britney Spears?
- PDelahanty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Sadly, the baby had a stink bomb in his pants.
- multifaceted, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Isn't someone at the airport supposed to watch what you are putting though the x-ray machine?
That said, the woman shouldn't be allowed around any child.
This woman is why you read the dumbest warning labels.
I brought a trash can that had a sticker the bottom saying "do not microwave" wtf? - n8r0n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Supper Powers!
Able to create a 7 course meal in a split second!
Faster than a speeding Rachel Ray!
Able to leap tall cakes in a single bound! - zaprowsdower, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Quote of the day:
"If a baby can get through, what the hell else can get through?"
Brian Sullivan, a retired Federal Aviation Administration security agent. - krazygluon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7The amount of X-rays required to do damage equal to even a small amount of beta or gamma active material is so high its ridiculous. I'd be more worried about the kid getting scratched up by the flaps on either side of the x-ray chamber.
- xenetar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7New test question for illegals registering for green cards: When confronted with a xray machine, what should you do with your infant...... A: ........
- sideshowRAHEEM, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Come on people can't you see this is a good thing according to every comic book I have ever read this baby should now have supper powers.
- kenelbow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Natural selection FTW!
- BrankyGrad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Here's a link that should go right to the story: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-baby20dec20,0,6460373.story
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5No, he's not going to get cancer. The x-ray machines in the airports are not some kind of super-powerful radiation death traps. And X-Rays don't cause problems unless you get *a whole ***** lot of them*. And I mean a lot.
This kid got roughly the equivalent of what you'd get at the dentist's office. Absolutely nothing will happen. - Antha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The baby was a month old. You don't have to buy tickets for children under two, unless you plan to put them in their carseat in their own seat.
I'm still sitting here scratching my head, wondering what the hell she could have been thinking. - forgetmenots, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7This article doesn't address any speculation as to WHY in the HELL this woman would have put a baby through the x-ray machine!
Was she trying to sneak the child past security so she didn't have to pay for a ticket, I wonder? - avolant, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9ok, seriously. clarification on the darwin awards:
you are *only* eligable for a darwin award if you **die**. ok??
so. before commenting on the entry of an individual to the runnings for the illustrious darwin awards, think about it. read the story one more time and ask yourself the question: 'did this person die?'. if the answer is no, you should just move along. otherwise, make sure you aren't already reading darwin awards and then, i suppose, comment if you must.
sorry. that bugs me. - jiggawoot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Actually avolant, you don't need to die. You can be a nominee if you've been removed from the gene pool by your stupid act.
Of course that still doesn't mean the grandmother can be nominated. - Ramble, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Don't be mean to it, in 17 years, that baby is going to use it's superpower crime fighting skill to kick your arse.
- humperdeath, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Might as well look at the Xray and see if the kid had any tumors, broken bones or drain bamage, er, brain damage.
- CedEx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Well, if the woman came from a particularly rural area where technology is limited, I could see this happening.
I know a guy from the country, couldn't figure out how to wash his hands in a sink that has sensor faucets. He kept looking around for handles and buttons. He wasn't stupid, just not aware of the technology.
"He doesn't know how to use the three seashells!!" - Nobi-Wan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5What a ***** idiot. Why the hell would you put a month old baby on a conveyor belt where every other person is putting bags, shoes, and cups full of change? It sounds like she was just too lazy to unbuckle the baby from the carrier because she was told that it had to go through the machine.
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