Irrelevant, but irritating

karthikkito
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:03:30 +0000

"here’s my question- I understand that you can’t reasonably prohibit bringing baby formula on a plane, but how is it any less likely that baby formula could be an explosive? I mean, many of the chemicals needed to form a bomb are a white liquid or clear and would be invisible in something like milk. "

In the same vein, you could swallow explosives in a package that takes n hours to degrade under stomach acidity and then reacts explosively. Since it would be a suicide flight anyways, I don’t think any terrorists would have qualms about this. The only way to absolutely ensure that this doesn’t happen is, well, to ban passengers, cargo, and pilots.

Iloveagoodbrew first suggested racial profiling, then profiling against Muslims. Tell me then, how would one protect against a Caucasian who joined AQ, retained a last name Smith, and came to the airport dressed as a Christian pastor, a Jewish rabbi, or a Buddhist monk?