Originally Posted by Wally Bird
The majority in this forum are critical of current security, but I think it's important to keep our facts straight. Otherwise we're no better than the media and the sheep in perpetuatuing myths and (d/)misinformation.
On the morning of 9/11, knives with a blade length 4 inches or less were not prohibited, in fact they were explicitly allowed. (9/11 report - section 3.3)
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it...
My point (and the reason I'm referencing 9/11 and past policy) is that air security is still arbitrary. OK...before 9/11, knives with a blade less than 4" were "not prohibited", including boxcutters. Was that intelligent, did it make any sense? No. Today...no lighters allowed, but 4 packs of matches are OK. Is that intelligent, does it make any sense?
Again, I point out the pre-9/11 issues only to highlight that the same kind of dumbass mistakes/policies are being perpetuated. Not to harp on things that happened years ago (which clearly we can't do anything about)...but to point out that the same mistakes are still being made today.
The failures of the past are being repeated.