Re:U.S. Bans Large Printer Ink, Toner Cartridges on Inbound ...
by raquo on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @04:21PM
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So, just for me to make sense of the TSA fury, do you imply that
– these aren't even real threats (more people die in car accidents) and not trying to prevent them the way TSA does will not increase bombings
– if the terrorists want to blow up a plane, they will find a way to do so anyway, albeit at a higher cost/etc.
– there is some better way to fight off these threats
Also, when 9/11 happened, I was still a kid, but I clearly remember everyone always saying "they [bush/gov/cia/etc] knew X and did nothing, that's why that happened". What would be the natural response from and average American, if a couple months from now you had a printer cartridge bombing. Would not everyone blame TSA et al for not banning them, especially since it's not as big of a deal as these nudoscopes?
9/11 - ban all sharp edges, nailcutters and knitting needles included.
Richard Reid - make everyone take off their shoes.
The bipartite liquid bomb plot - strict controls on amount of liquid, except for contact lens solution (!?!)
The Underwear Bomber (a.k.a. Mr Fizzypants) - intrusive pat down searches ("encounter resistance") or nudie X-rays.
Yemeni printer cartidge shipping plot - ban printer ink and toner.
Geez, you'd think that the TSA would learn since they've been burned 5 times, or that whatever terror organizations exist would start doing stuff just to see how far they could push the TSA.
Or maybe that the rest of us would learn that the TSA is making it up as they go along and not actually preventing anything, just inconveniencing everyone with nonsensical civil liberties violations.