Onion reveals most dehumanising airport in the world

WRITTEN ON March 26th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Pertinent Art

The Onion’s evocation of “Franz Kafka Airport” is, I feel, a vital contribution to understanding what non-ideal transformational government might be like

The security guard asked me for about 90 minutes ‘Are you who you say you are? Are you who you say you are?’ and then he wrote “liar” on the back of my hand…

The solution? “Properly follow proper protocols!” Wonderful art direction and rich detail in this spoof news clip.

Prague’s Franz Kafka International Named World’s Most Alienating Airport

2 Responses to “Onion reveals most dehumanising airport in the world”

Paul Canning wrote on March 26th, 2009 6:15 pm :

Thanks for the HT :]

Becky wrote on March 31st, 2009 3:21 pm :

Sat next to a Palestinian man in Istanbul last week, I started complaining loudly about how much I hated airport security. He countered that, where he comes from, he has to go through almost exactly the same dehumanising ritual practically every time he wants to leave the house…