Originally Posted by whirledtraveler
If people take the time to understand the implications of this, it could very well be the best gift the terrorists could have given us.
What it shows is that there is no way to prevent terrorism by banning items from a plane. I can not imagine a world in which baby formula is banned from planes, so at the end of it all, we have to realize that the liquid ban is pointless. You can only stop terrorism by stopping people, you can't stop things.
You can only stop terrorism by stopping people from becoming (or wanting to be) terrorists. Of course the idea of putting a full stop to terrorism is more science fiction than reality -- especially as terrorism has been around for millenia. It doesn't help counterterrorism that state and societal responses in the name of safety & security, in the face of dangers, often yield counterproductive results.