Originally Posted by
CATSA SO
I'm sorry, I forgot I was talking to an expert! You're absolutely right. In spite of the fact that the people on this board spend half their posting time complaining about how much time it takes to get through security, we should simply start thoroughly screening every single liquid that comes through the checkpoint to ensure that it's not liquid explosive. Who cares if you have to wait in line for 6 hours? Convenience over... convenience?? As for the ice axe, perhaps you forgot or maybe you just didn't know that exacto knives were the primary weapon used for 9/11 -- small weapons can be just as deadly as big ones.
You call it absurdity, but what I find absurd is the incessant complaining from a small number of people about legitimate security measures that are the entire reason they have the luxury to have their nose-in-the-air, complacent attitudes towards the whole process in the first place.
We're talking about a TRAIN, not an AIRPLANE.
Regarding 9/11, the fact that small knives were the weapon of choice by the 9/11 hijackers is not terribly relevant. The real problem that day was that the standard procedures for dealing with a hijacking was to cooperate so as to get the aircraft on the ground. I dare say that there won't be any more cooperation by either the crew or the passengers in the future.
You can't ban everything that is either sharp or could be made to be sharp. You'd have to ban knives and forks (even plastic ones), pens, pencils, screwdrivers, etc. Dull things can be weapons too. We should probably ban laptops. Can you imagine what would happen if you it someone over the head with a laptop?
You can call me absurd all you want. Nearly anything can be used as a weapon by someone intent on causing harm. We should certainly ban guns, explosives, large knives and obvious weapons. We should not ban water, wine, jam, and things that are not intended to be used as weapons. I hope that enough people wake up and realize the how idiotic all of this is, particularly with regard to TRAINS.