All men are equal in the airport security queue. Frisk all. Sadly, that's the fear we live with. All that is, except the holy men. Those with very strong, fundamentalist, beliefs should not be touched and deserve to be driven to the plane itself. To avoid the rest of us.
That's a good one. Here's another. Security staff must not open a sealed box because it contains deities. The guru holding it must take a bath before unlocking it. Let's have it aboard then, chop chop!
All of this is going on in India, a people not exactly renowned for their peaceable tendencies. They have a long list of VIPs who can get on a plane without troubling the security staff at all. They include army chiefs, politicians as well as religious nutters. Did anyone tell the other passengers? Might be nice if they knew the risk they run.
They might choose not to fly. Better still, why not ban the 22 categories of VIP allowed to skip the checks. Let them stay at home instead. The queues will not be shorter, but they may feel a whole lot safer.
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