Is the TSA’s prohibited item list irrational?
Many fliers have run into the difficult problem of getting the precious toe nail clippers confiscated by the airport TSA agents at the checkpoints. While some items are clearly a threat to national security, it is hard to justify taking away grandma
Posted By Radkhat on November 15, 2007
You want convenience or safety?
Posted By Kliflosises on November 19, 2007
Taking nose hair clippers from an old lady isn't preventing terrorism.
Posted By Radkhat on November 15, 2007
I agree, TSA is really just a show. All they do is harass the innocent ...
Posted By Sundrop on November 23, 2007
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TSA takes no risks and is well within its rights to confiscate anything it deems as a worthy threat.
There are things terrorists can do like slip an object to be used later in an old ladies bag. I think a little inconvenience is worth safety. What if the safety is an illusion? I think public panic is a really bad thing, its better to make people .
THINK they are safe instead of letting them run around in a panic.
TSA is stepping out of its bounds of common sense by taking from the harmless elderly. Some things
I agree, TSA is really just a show. All they do is harass the innocent and elderly.
-- Posted By Sundrop on November 23, 2007I don't fly too often,but I HAVE flown enough to know what a pain in the tush it CAN be to fly now a days because of TSA. It can't ALL be blamed on terrorism, a lot of it is to do with competence within TSA. At the beginning they even hired felons!
Taking nose hair clippers from an old lady isn't preventing terrorism.
-- Posted By Radkhat on November 15, 2007I have waited in line many times, and I have to say that I have seen more old people screened than anyone else. There is a line where common sense should kick in. What is an old lady going to do with nail clippers other than clip her nails?
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