terratogen wrote:
] Mike the Usurper wrote:
] ] In the words of Hannover Fist, "Aw, gimmie a break!" Want a
]
] ] list of easy ways to kill everyone on an airplane? Here's a
]
] ] couple. 1) Mix ammonia and bleach. In an enclosed area
] you
] ] have a good chance to simply overcome everyone with the
] fumes
] ] before they can land the damn thing. This works best in
] first
] ] class. 2) Store your explosives properly. Druggies have
] ] been getting drugs through airports in this way for years.
] 3)
] ] Properly packaged chemical agent. What happens when you
] fill
] ] a mini hairspray container with something nasty? You don't
] ] even need something ugly like Sarin, plain old ether would
] ] work just fine.
] ]
] ] Richard Reid was a moron who might have managed to blow off
] ] his foot, but the potential for actual damage to the plane
] was
] ] minimal. Maybe if he'd flushed his shoes down the toilet
] ] after lighting them he might have been able to do something,
]
] ] but let's get real folks. Everything we've done to "improve
]
] ] air travel security" has made a plane safer, maybe, but has
] ] without question made getting to the plane much more
] ] dangerous.
]
] I don't think the emphasis should be on keeping planes safe...
] The real danger is to keep the world safe from planes. A
] plane used as a missile is ultimately what we are trying to
] avoid. The real easy way is to have the pilots enter the
] cockpit from another entrance and keep the cockpit isolated
] from the rest of the plane. Armed guards might not be such a
] bad idea either. Aside from that, dying on a plane is only a
] negligible risk and placebo cures only aid to ease the of mind
] of the cargos of sheep the planes carry.

I understand now! The goal isn't to protect the people on the planes, they've been lined up like ducks at a shooting gallery, the idea is to protect the money that the airlines have spent on the planes. because as we all know, anyone trying to hijack a plane at this point would be bodily ripped limb from limb.

RE: Cigarette Lighters Banned From Airplanes