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Re: Terminal Cornucopia

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I believe some disposable batteries have elemental lithium foil in them (opposed to rechargeable lithium- ion batteries).

How do you take the batteries apart without crushing the foil, shorting them, and causing a fire?

This kid sitting next to me in class did it....

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Yeah... it'd be slightly less than ideal.

Have you considered fashioning some stylish yet concealed body-armour under your outer clothing, possibly using bits of left-over belt and magazines? Not quite Ned Kelly, but might help a little.

Strap magazines on your body and fasten with belts, like in The Wire when Omar when to jail or did you have something fancier in mind?

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I would hope the passengers on a plane would be so brave, but there is a real collective action problem there for the passengers. Best case scenario, there are enough brave people on board willing to selflessly risk death to -- hopefully -- save lives. Would I? Would you? You don't know what you're made of until the moment comes, and I hope neither you nor I are ever tested in this way. Remember, individually it's "r…

Considering it has happened several times since 9/11 and people HAVE taken action, I think you are wrong at this point. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/29/world/asia/china-plane-hijack-... http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=m... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-149289/Italian-plane... etc etc etc

It also happened on 9/11 - the plane that went down in Shanksville PA didn't make it to its target because the passengers heard about the other three planes and didn't care to run into a building at high speed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_93

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> Don't hold your breath. Bad news ever since the TSA confiscated my toothpaste.[0] [0] Yeah, it was actually a thing.

At least they didn't make you drink your own breast milk. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-08-08-breast...

Interesting.

The woman already had the milk bottled. What's the harm in drinking some of it to prove that it isn't any dangerous compound? I thought liquids from outside weren't allowed in the planes, ideally they shouldn't have allowed her in with it at all, though, but that's a different point.

> did she fail to see the connection to stopping terrorism The connection is that she could have been a terrorist, and a compound dissolved in the milk could be used to make a binary explosive.

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Considering it has happened several times since 9/11 and people HAVE taken action, I think you are wrong at this point. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/29/world/asia/china-plane-hijack-... http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=m... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-149289/Italian-plane... etc etc etc

It also happened on 9/11 - the plane that went down in Shanksville PA didn't make it to its target because the passengers heard about the other three planes and didn't care to run into a building at high speed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_93

Yeah, I knew about that particular example, but I felt that the parent could have argued that it was a special case because they had foreknowledge of what was happening, whereas these other cases they took initiative. In any case, you are completely correct.

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I love how he takes great pains to emphasize that it's "reloadable" and "break action" but when he fires it it just explodes.

it's actually sitting right here beside my desk. completely functional. ;)

So I was wondering, did you ever watch the two Russian "Brat" movies?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk3Gey9SCWQ

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These weapons are harmless they are not scary enough.

People know what an AK47 is and they know it will kill what it is used on.

Power lies not in the weapon, it lies in what people think of the weapon.

Another thing, since 911 passengers most likely assume they will be killed whether if they cooperate or not. Certain death in a plane crash or possible death trying to take a terrorists weapon.

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> Don't hold your breath. Bad news ever since the TSA confiscated my toothpaste.[0] [0] Yeah, it was actually a thing.

At least they didn't make you drink your own breast milk. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-08-08-breast...

Maybe in the future they can skip the xrays and just hose us all down during pre-flight. "Good news honey, I'm home and I'm showered!"
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