'Bin Laden has won, they confiscated my honey'

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World famous English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and unrelenting critic of religion and the religious, Richard Dawkins, has turned his anger on airport security rules after he had a jar of honey confiscated.

Dawkins, who is no stranger to Twitter controversy following alleged anti-Muslim comments he made back in August, declared on the micro-blogging site that ‘Bin Laden has won, in airports of the world every day’ after security took away his jar of honey.

The outspoken atheist, who came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, criticised what he called ‘dundridges’ - his word for petty jobsworths - and described the confiscation of his honey as a 'STUPID waste.'

The latest outburst follows a tweet in August in which he said: "All the world's Muslims have fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College, Cambridge. They did great things in the Middle Ages, though."

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bin-laden-has-won-they-confiscated-my-honey-outspoken-academic-richard-dawkins-in-airline-security-twitter-row-over-jar-of-honey-8919618.html

[Fuddnik]

1. Two weeks ago they confiscated 2 containers of french onion dip from my stepson.

Whenever he flies down to Tampa, he always brings his mother a couple of sealed tubs of Lawson's French Onion Dip. She loves it, and Cleveland is the only place to get it.

He forgot to put it in his checked luggage, so he threw it in his carry-on.

I can just imagine a TSA agent, sitting at home drinking a beer during a football game, and gorging on Fritos and French Onion Dip.

[jollyreaper2112]

2. He's not wrong

We are cowards. The TSA has terrorized me more than any jihadi ever did.

[eShirl]

3. it just sounds like

[MisterP]

4. this is how it got burned!

[Pretzel_Warrior]

5. lolol. Poor Nicholas Cage. He is genetically unable to turn down a role.

[KamaAina]

6. I am known in TSA circles as the Beef Stew Bomber

I had one of those microwaveable trays of beef stew left over from a trip. Being somewhat close to a dollar , I decided to take it back with me.

Bad idea. The gravy constitutes "more than 3 ounces of liquid". Never mind that it was in its original package and sealed at the factory.

I did eventually get my stew back, but really.