Originally Posted by Points Scrounger
I asked as mixing the stuff up onboard seems nearly impossible, needing highly controlled conditions. Do these government "experts" truly believe that is likely? Or, is there some idea that they will surreptitiously combine more than 3 oz of "fake gel deodorant" with more than 3 oz of "fake saline solution" at their seat so that the plane will explode? I am trying to determine what exactly the TSA wants me to envision happening and am having a tough time with it.
I agree. On August 10, I dismissed the liquid ban and the official explanations as either the rantings of a paranoid lunatic or a politician who'd been ordered to scare the bejeesus out of the 90% of the population for whom flying is an extraordinary event.
And the risk management side of me said "so what? Even if it's theoretically possible, such an explosive plot is highly improbable." I'm not smarter than Chertoff/Hawley and the poor hapless Brits (Lapdog Blair's Lapdogs), I'm just not a paranoid lunatic. And IMO, you've almost gotta be a paranoid lunatic to buy into the need to ban my water bottle and my child's chapstick on August 10 to keep the skies safe.