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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 9:56 pm
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Originally Posted by macabus
But remember, people in glass houses...
Oh, dear. You mean you might provide information to folk who already have access to exactly that information? Hm... We all have to live with our past.

In any event, do tell us how TSOs will suss out the difference between those things with wires that should have UL stamps, but don't, and those things that don't have UL stamps but shouldn't.

Originally Posted by macabus
But I'll reach out with the olive branch and admit that I should have wrote "devices whose adapters are UL Certified" to avoid any confusion with cup o' nitpickers on FT.
Here's the bottom line: The TSA needs to be looking for threats to flights. Period. Full Stop.

Not:
  • Things without UL stickers
  • Things that other passengers think look like threats
  • Things that have funny, not-found-in-the-King-James-Bible writing on them
  • Folks with too much cash
  • Folks with brown skin
  • Folks in the Democrat party
  • etc

So, please, spare us simple answers for complex questions and feel free to make everyone aware of the previous postings of mine to which they already have access.

Last edited by sinanju; Jul 30, 2008 at 10:07 pm Reason: Punctuation
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