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Old Nov 9, 2004 | 11:58 am
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Originally Posted by LINDEGR
Can someone please tell me the logic of it needing to be sealed? I can just as easily open a "sealed" bottle of Chivas (or anything else for that matter) on a plane as I can an unsealed bottle. Wine is a different issue (unless a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc which is quite likely to be a screw cap) I can perhaps understand.
When it's sealed it is presumably less of a security risk and that the contents are actually what the label says it is. Of course, like a lot of security issues, it's foolish, because you can buy a machine to reseal it after you place a foreign substance in it.
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