Originally Posted by ScatterX

My 2.7 cents on this...

1) If it is strong enough to be a cane for a giant person, it could cause significant damage if it could be effectively used as a weapon. See #3.

2) Everything can be used as a weapon. Paper cuts can be lethal.

3) Stick-like weapons inside confined spaces (in all close quarters situations, actually) are almost always LESS EFFECTIVE once they get outside a certain length. Too short is ineffective. Too long is much much less effective. There is a reason that asps, batons, billy clubs, truncheons, and similar are all about the same length. There is a reason the Romans carried swords along with spears (hint: once the enemy was up close, the spear doesn't work so good). This effective length is no where near the length necessary for a really tall person to use as a cane.

4) Light-sabers are no more of a weapon than a soccer ball painted to look like the death star. Only a complete idiot would be afraid of either of these fictional items causing actual "movie-like" damage.

5) TSA's position in this case is idiotic. See #4.