Toy-Air
The TSA has decided to pay extra security to remote control toys at airports. This came about partially because there has been a growing wealth of anecdotal evidence implicating remote controls in car bombs and other nefarious terrorist plots.
TSA has decided not to ban these toys and their remotes, but will be paying extra attention to them. This will bring about what I am going to coin a term for: DASSLE: Delay & Hassle. And who wants that? They claim that they will be ignoring TV remote controls and garage door openers, but really, how can they differentiate between them?
I can't blame TSA for this. It's a reasonable precaution, but there are many reasonable precautions. There are too many normal household things that can be used for terrorist acts by well, terrorists.
The ultimate solution is to force us all to strip and change into coveralls, locking our goods and clothes into bomb-proof storage containers that fly in the hold. Unpleasant and we'll all look like we're in Conair, but that may ultimately prove to be what it takes to make us truly safe (other than from lost bags, delayed flights, no food and appallingly rude customer service).
Posted on October 02, 2007
