6 Aug
2004
6 Aug
'04
9 p.m.
In message <3.0.6.32.20040806233838.00917d70(a)pop-server.cfl.rr.com>
"Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote:
I'm glad to hear that. But they shouldn't
have been on the list to begin
with! That's one of my points, airport security is nothing but a show to
make the public think the government is actually doing somehting about
security. But all too much of it is meaningless and useless measures such
as this.
If you haven't read it, there's a book called "Beyond Fear:
Thinking Sensibly
About Security in an Uncertain World", by Bruce Schneier - ISBN
0-387-02620-7. It covers a lot of the so-called "security theater", why some
of it works, why 99.95% of it is a load of crap. Very interesting read - well
worth the money IMO. I think my copy cost ?15 from Amazon UK, hard-back too.
ISTR it was at the top of Amazon's best-seller list for a few weeks.
Eyeglass screwderivers and nail files have never been
a threat to
an airliner that I know of! BTW metal toothpicks ARE still on the list of
"weapons". Can you tell me exactly how many airliners have been hijacked
with a toothpick?
TTBOMK? Zero. I doubt you could do much damage with a metal
toothpick. Maybe
a small scratch or a minor puncture wound at worst. Probably not enough to
incapacitate someone.
Later.
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