<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I support Cupcake's protest. The TSA is an authoritarian, intrusive federal agency. It should be abolished. Let the airports hire their own private security.</DIV>
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<DIV>Gary<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 4/18/12, Bob Bankhead <I>&lt;wandering_bob@comcast.net&gt;</I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Bob Bankhead &lt;wandering_bob@comcast.net&gt;<BR>Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] OT: Hiker meltdown at airport<BR>To: "'Scott'" &lt;public@postholer.com&gt;, cdt-l@backcountry.net, pmags@yahoo.com<BR>Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 10:01 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Here's his explanation from the local news<BR><A href="http://www.kpic.com/news/local/Stripping-naked-at-airport-was-the-right-thin" target=_blank>http://www.kpic.com/news/local/Stripping-naked-at-airport-was-the-right-thin</A><BR>g-to-do-man-says-148021025.html?tab=video&amp;c=y<BR><BR>I love living in the Portland area; we have all kinds of folks (and issues).<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net" ymailto="mailto:cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net">cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net</A> [mailto:<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net" ymailto="mailto:cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net">cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net</A>]<BR>On Behalf Of Scott<BR>Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 8:56 PM<BR>To: <A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cdt-l@backcountry.net"
 ymailto="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net">cdt-l@backcountry.net</A>; <A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pmags@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:pmags@yahoo.com">pmags@yahoo.com</A><BR>Subject: [Cdt-l] OT: Hiker meltdown at airport<BR><BR>Mags, stripping naked in a public place, particularly in front children, is<BR>a 'melt down' in my book.<BR><BR>I find it disturbing that you don't understand that.<BR><BR>During his '02 PCT hike this same guy (John Brennan), aka, 'Cupcake' <BR>wore a message on his shirt that said 'PCT FAG' while hiking among a group<BR>of boy scouts on Baden-Powell.<BR><BR>Another of his poorly executed 'protests'.<BR><BR>Please, go ahead and continue to defend his behavior.<BR><BR>-postholer<BR><BR>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<BR>Didn't seem too much of a meltdown FWIW:<BR><A href="http://bit.ly/J2fM7W" target=_blank>http://bit.ly/J2fM7W</A><BR><BR>It is more of a protest&nbsp; Whether you agree or not with the protest is<BR>another
 story.<BR>To call it a meltdown? A (large) bit of hyperbole.<BR><BR>--<BR>www.postholer.com<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Cdt-l mailing list<BR><A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Cdt-l@backcountry.net" ymailto="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</A><BR><A href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l" target=_blank>http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>