Maybe they figure that a bottle could be smuggled on to the plane, but with a cup it's a lot harder.
Because, of course, this isn't about protecting airplanes from the (grotesquely unlikely, anyway) possibility of terrorist attacks by elaborate chemical operations conducted on board. It's about "Bottled liquids! Evil, evil!"
That isn't just an anti-terrorism thing, either. At the same time we have a scare that isn't about protecting people from e. coli. It's about "Spinach! Evil, evil!"
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Date: 2006-09-19 03:39 pm (UTC)Because, of course, this isn't about protecting airplanes from the (grotesquely unlikely, anyway) possibility of terrorist attacks by elaborate chemical operations conducted on board. It's about "Bottled liquids! Evil, evil!"
That isn't just an anti-terrorism thing, either. At the same time we have a scare that isn't about protecting people from e. coli. It's about "Spinach! Evil, evil!"