TSA is failing us, let my associated ranting begin thusly

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Hand Sanitizer Bomb

interestingly enough, it's probably completely possible to build a bomb out of a can of hand sanitizer and a lighter. well... maybe not a bomb persee... but enough of a distraction i'm sure.

i know i'm not giving away any closely held national secrets here but most hand sanitizers are 60% isopropyl alcohol.

alcohol is... wait... FLAMMABLE! and a lighter is... wait... FLAME!!

dump the sanitizer all over a seat coushin, light it up and you've got enough of a distraction to take a few hostages with your INDESTRUCTABLE comb.

none of these things makes us any safer, and those in high places know this. however, they are designed to attempt to make people FEEL safer.

the searching of the wheelchair bound grandmother? such things like that are utterly ridiculous...

for comparison purposes, a friend of mine told a story of a friend of his, who is a pilot. he was once stopped while going through the security checkpoint (yes, they have to also...) and his large tube of TOOTHPASTE was discarded, apparently because it was... of some threat or something to the plane... nevermind the fact that this is the guy FLYING IT. apparently before one steers a plane into the ground one must first squirt large amounts of toothpaste over everything.

and then there's the other friend/friend story of the guy who had to relinquish his extra bottle of water as well as his gel insoles. cause you know, those things are like... i guess dangerous... and again, nevermind the fact that this guy was a registered air marshal and while they took away his insoles they happily agreed to let him bring his GUN.

stupidity is a disease...

Valis

Posted by: Valis Keogh   Posted on: 06/09/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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