Heathrow scraps liquid container limit

Post by pc86 » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC

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You gotta love the TSA. They serve no real purpose, but its a monster too big to kill, staffed by people who desperately cling to the notion they're doing something important. They don't stop hijackings (locking the cockpit door does that), they don't stop bombings (there are much better targets for that, which don't involve killing the bomber), they don't stop weapons (lots of airports outside the US have simple met…

The grunts working for TSA on the floor at airports aren't desperately clinging for the notion that they're doing something important, or working towards some lofty, noble, and/or altruistic goal. It's just a job. They're principally motivated to do this job by the promise of a steady paycheck and decent benefits -- the same motivation that most other people with steady paychecks and decent benefits also have.

Post by vidarh » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 6:45 PM UTC

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As far as I know, it's not. You're now specifically told to not take liquid out of your luggage. At least that was the situation when I flew out of London Gatwick last time - they had people going up and down before the scanners admonishing people to leave everything in their bags to avoid delay.

I've noticed every airport is different, and major airports are usually more likely to have the big fancy looking scanners that help keep the crowd moving along, without taking everything out. Smaller airports seem to have less of that tech and are thus often more of a hassle. And yet somehow, airport security staff frequently get impatient when people in line ask whether to remove their shoes, laptop, etc. As if the…

Post by pousada » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC

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Right but to demonstrate that you lied about X they have to demonstrate X. So by the time you're deporting someone for the lie you could just as easily have deported them for the thing itself.

You're making assumptions the thing they lied about and the thing they are being deported for are the same, and quite often the thing you're actually being deported for is not a reason to deport anyone at all. You come to the US and make a social media post saying Trump is a big fat dummy head. You get deported for lying about being in a terrorist organization.

Post by direwolf20 » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC

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> But somehow also no bombs at sports events or music concerts, or on trains or subways, or courthouses or.... Boston marathon? The Madrid train bombings? 7/7? Ariana Grande? Airport security has been stunningly successful.

But we don't have intense security checks at concerts, trains, or at marathon events as a result, do we?

Post by Havoc » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC

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No successful terrorist attacks on planes going to/from western countries after 9/11/2001, that's a pretty good record. Maybe we can't prove that the security theater was responsible for that, but still, the only planes that were bombed after 9/11/2001 were inside Russia or going from Egypt to Russia.

I have a rock that keeps tigers away. For 30 years I have not encountered any tigers. That’s a pretty good record.