Originally Posted by
DeafBlonde
This is why, no matter how much government involvement, legislation, reporting, etc. is implemented, truly intelligent terrorists will find a way to bypass such measures.
This is a key point that seems to be completely ignored.
The DHS didn't think through many of the restrictions. They certainly didn't apply is the "is this the least intrusive way of accomplishing the goal".
Banning liquids is a perfect example. The ban was put into place as a knee-jerk reaction to an amateur plot that couldn't have worked. (Or was it chatter' -- which seems to be code for "foreign teens on a chat board seeing if they can get a reaction"). It should have taken less than a day to figure out the threat wasn't viable. The ban should never have been put into place.
The problem is that you can't actually ban liquids. We depend on them to live. If you think it through for even a few minutes, you come up with a list of exceptions. Big enough exceptions that a rational person realizes that a pseudo-ban can't work. It's a major hassle for innocent people, and a trivial barrier to someone that wants to smuggle something.