should the TSA be allowed to profile children's sippy-cups?

Answer 1

I saw her interview and I thought she had a lousy case for herself. She kept saying, "A mother with a child..." as if that was reason enough to ignore her "liquids."

Should we be reminded that a woman in Iraq strapped a bomb to a child and then walked away from her vehicle allowing the child to blow up?

She was a white female with a child. If this had been a dark, Arab-looking female with a child no one would have come to her defense. They most likely would have thought the TSA agent's concerns were reasonable and understandable considering the times we are living in. We can't just make only the Arab-looking women with children dump their sippy-cups, now can we? Do we really want to give the ACLU something else to sue America over?

We must also realize that these agents are also tested with scenarios of this very nature to see if they are being consistent with the rules and regulations.

This woman kept saying, "It was a sippy-cup! It was water!" If it was really not that big of a deal as she proclaims, then it really should not have been a big deal for her to have surrendered her little cup and bought herself a new bottled water once she was inside the terminal.

Answer 2

Mom was probably an CIA agent who used a Secret Service cover to embarrass the TSA and allow Americans to think twice about bringing liquids on planes.

Answer 3

Since a bomb can be hidden anywhere (remember the shoe bomber?), then yes, the TSA SHOULD profile a sippy cup!

Answer 4

I saw that footage... I think they were giving the mom far more hassle than they needed to. It had to have been pretty obvious that the stuff in the cup was just water; I realize that the law says "no," but two or three ounces of water in a kid's cup is just silly.