The Pendragon's Hall

I am as much annoyed by the pointless airline "security" as the next person and I tend to think liberals prefer situations where Americans are placed at maximum inconvenience with minimum protection, but the new easing of security restrictions for the holidays is just ridiculous. The airlines have defended themselves, saying that they want to focus on bombs and so have decided to stop refusing to allow passengers to take scissors and razors on board with them. "We need to focus on explosives," a spokesman said. I don't know where he was on 9/11 but obviously not anywhere in this world. A handful of terrorists hijacked planes and slaughtered over three thousand Americans with, not explosives, but box cutters!!! Should airline security molest passengers and unpack their suitcases in search of a long, pointy object that really is the passenger's toothbrush? By no means! But it would be nice to think that they are working hard to prevent another 9/11, not handing the terrorists the means to do it again.