Box cutters and even the tiniest knives are forbidden on airplanes. But what's to keep someone from bringing a piece of glass on board, shattering it into triangles, and winding a piece of cloth around half of it to use as a handle (a la Raven in Neal Stephenson's book "Snow Crash")? Surely that's a bigger danger than fingernail clippers.
2006-08-26 05:12:16 · 5 answers · asked by Capt. Swayworn 2 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Now, you have just told someone how to do just this! Probably after this question, all airlines will be made to forbid carriage of any kind of glass into the cabin, and this will include your laptop, your mp3 player, your video gamer, your camera, your video recorder, your mobile phone, your eyeglasses.
The airports will have to ugrade to detect glass in their x-ray machines and this is going to increase the airport tax.
Guess you will be satisfied then?
2006-08-26 17:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by peanutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im in the bush and when I travel its always charter a light plane or drive at night either way Im safe as houses with a full glass or bottle in me lap.
2006-08-26 05:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by freebass.geo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think that would as easy to pull off as you make it sound. And these days, passengers are not going to shy away from a glass fist.
2006-08-26 07:27:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And toilet paper. Terrorists can just papercut the crap out of your neck using toilet paper.
2006-08-26 05:21:48 · answer #4 · answered by Coffee-Infused Insomniac 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably not for long. Soon we will be allowed nothing!
2006-08-26 05:17:43 · answer #5 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋