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On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:29:46 +0000 (UTC),
(D. Gerasimatos) wrote:

>In article >,
>Steve Slatcher > wrote:
>>
>>And the TSA rules only apply to flights originating in the USA.
>>
>>Bizarre really that you are allowed to take bottles onboard. A broken
>>bottle makes an excellent weapon.
>
>
>What are they gonna do, forbid you to take rocks on board, too? I don't
>think too many people are concerned about wine-bottle wielding terrorists.
>They've got their forks from the in-flight meal!

I'll take you on any day with a broken bottle against your airline
fork :-)

A lot of the banned items are (were) pretty silly IMO. My 70-odd
year old mother in law had a nail file confiscated.

Call me a cynic, but I suspect bottles were always allowed because the
ecomonics of air flight would not work if travellers could not buy
their "duty free".
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Steve Slatcher
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