ratios...

[acroyear]

I think the ratio of the number of people who really don't want to fly because of potential terrorists to the number of people who don't want to fly simply because all of the carry-on restrictions of things considered normal make them to sick to their stomachs is a very small number...

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[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

Pretty soon, we shall all fly in togas.

[sunnidae]

Yay!

[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

{sheesh}

[scaleslea.livejournal.com]

We're wondering if we're going to be able to get home at all due to the delays caused by all these paranoid security measures brought on because they caught 18 people before they did anything.

Doc

[thatwasjen]

Icon love.

Count me in the latter group ...

[fiona64.livejournal.com]

I *just* said to Jeff that, as of today, my desire to go to Paris and London next year is non-existant. The idea that I have to put my handbag inside my suitcase (so that $6/hour TSA morons can steal it from my unlocked-due-to-regulations suitcase) is just ludicrous.

Re: Count me in the latter group ...

[piraterogue.livejournal.com]

Make a packing list of what's included, place it in your bag and a copy in your pocket. There are also locks that you can use. Specialty locks that TSA hve special keys for. This means you can file a claim against TSA if anything is missing.

[katrinb.livejournal.com]

It was excellent detective work on the part of the British cops and intelligence service that solved this plot. (Well done, you lot - thank you!) It wasn't restrictions.
Restrictions won't ever work. There is no way you can restrict every dangerous substance that could possibly be snuck on to a plane and still allow passengers on. Terrorists will find a way around restrictions. What will get them is excellent detective work. We need well-trained, well-paid cops and intelligence folks, particularly those with linguistic skills. (One of the reasons I'm hoping my son grows up bilingual, having a native Arabic speaker as a daycare provider.)

[ladyaelfwynn.livejournal.com]

All I can say is, "Thank goodness we're done flying for the season." I hope that by the time I'm ready to fly in the spring, these restrictions will have been lifted.

The upside is that maybe, just maybe, Amtrak will survive. I much prefer train travel (no real restrictions on what I can take on a train, no security checks, bigger seats, the ability to get up and go for a walk (if only to the cafe car) to plain travel any day. Unfortunately for anything west of the Appalachians (for the most part), it's not terribly realistic.

[rsteachout.livejournal.com]

icon love

[ladyaelfwynn.livejournal.com]

I gakked one of my favorite t-shirts :-). "Well behaved women rarely make history."

I doubt radical, militant librarians count as well-behaved women. ;-)