Have this piece of news reached you yet?
Yes, air travellers to and from U.S.A. can finally bring aboard liquid substances which do not require them to store in their bladders. According to the news report, in a partially relaxed anti-terror rules, passengers can bring on board liquids so long they are in 'tiny container of 3 ounces or less and only if they are in clear zip-loc bags.'
3 ounces. That is about 90ml which the US experts had determined that the most they can do is to blow a small hole in the toilet so the land below can be fertilized but not crash the aeroplane.
However, haven't history taught us terrorists don't necessarily act alone? What if more than one terrorist board the plane and they somehow combined that few containers of liquids and walah! They have got enough substances to blow the entire toilet cubicle off!
Now the passengers have one toilet less to use. Won't that be sad? Not that it will be the first thing on their mind at that moment.
The point I'm trying to say, which I'm certain many have said it before me, is there can never be absolute security in this area.
9/11 terrorists took over an aeroplane with the in flight metal knife. What did the US government do? They banned all metal cutleries on board and replace them with plastic ones. Last I know, my plastic fork can still sink into the tough beef steak I'm trying to eat.
Of course, the people have no say in all these. It always has been a knee jerk reaction by the aviation authorities and certain governments in imposing 'anti-terror' bans. Plane hijacked with a metal knife? Ban all sharp objects and change in-flight cutleries to plastic. Plans to blow the plane apart with liquid explosives to be brought on board? Ban all liquids.
Funny the authorities did not impose a maximum three-quarter bladder full rule. If I'm the terrorists, at this point I'll probably just announce I have plans to blow up a plane using my clothes which have been chemically pre-soaked and dried. All I have to do is to take off my clothes and slap them on the head of some bald passenger so that the static electricity will ignite the 'chemical bomb'.
Not that it is possible, but the authorities won't know anyway. Then I'll just sit back and watch their reactions just for laughs.
Maybe a ban will thus be imposed on all clothing. Then every air travellers will have to board the plane naked and be subjected to an anal probe. Now won't that be closer to absolute security.
Yes, air travellers to and from U.S.A. can finally bring aboard liquid substances which do not require them to store in their bladders. According to the news report, in a partially relaxed anti-terror rules, passengers can bring on board liquids so long they are in 'tiny container of 3 ounces or less and only if they are in clear zip-loc bags.'
3 ounces. That is about 90ml which the US experts had determined that the most they can do is to blow a small hole in the toilet so the land below can be fertilized but not crash the aeroplane.
However, haven't history taught us terrorists don't necessarily act alone? What if more than one terrorist board the plane and they somehow combined that few containers of liquids and walah! They have got enough substances to blow the entire toilet cubicle off!
Now the passengers have one toilet less to use. Won't that be sad? Not that it will be the first thing on their mind at that moment.
The point I'm trying to say, which I'm certain many have said it before me, is there can never be absolute security in this area.
9/11 terrorists took over an aeroplane with the in flight metal knife. What did the US government do? They banned all metal cutleries on board and replace them with plastic ones. Last I know, my plastic fork can still sink into the tough beef steak I'm trying to eat.
Of course, the people have no say in all these. It always has been a knee jerk reaction by the aviation authorities and certain governments in imposing 'anti-terror' bans. Plane hijacked with a metal knife? Ban all sharp objects and change in-flight cutleries to plastic. Plans to blow the plane apart with liquid explosives to be brought on board? Ban all liquids.
Funny the authorities did not impose a maximum three-quarter bladder full rule. If I'm the terrorists, at this point I'll probably just announce I have plans to blow up a plane using my clothes which have been chemically pre-soaked and dried. All I have to do is to take off my clothes and slap them on the head of some bald passenger so that the static electricity will ignite the 'chemical bomb'.
Not that it is possible, but the authorities won't know anyway. Then I'll just sit back and watch their reactions just for laughs.
Maybe a ban will thus be imposed on all clothing. Then every air travellers will have to board the plane naked and be subjected to an anal probe. Now won't that be closer to absolute security.
posted by Cylee at
6:27 pm I