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From: Daniel Reeves <dreeves &AElig umich.edu>
Subject: Re: stupid feel-good "no liquids" rule
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> I'm glad that our airports are at least trying to ensure that I live to 
> see that rosy future.

It's like Yoda said.  Measures that do increase security good are. 
Measures that "try" to increase security merely theatrical are.

I support screening for guns and bombs.  Behavioral profiling doesn't 
sound unreasonable to me.  Screening for knives and liquids (for god's 
sake, our bodies are half liquid), no.

Thanks to both Nates for pointing us to Bruce Schneier.  He's really 
excellent.  Nate Clark's email included Schneier's short response to the 
current situation.

By the way, I'm willing to concede that the initial security response may 
have been justified (though even that's a little fishy, as Kevin points 
out).  But no reasonable person can walk through the current security 
checks and say that it's anything but a charade.

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that they are the evil demon spawn of hell."  -- Dave Barry