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more on Doctors warn of health risks in new airport security rules
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:28:01 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Brad Templeton <btm () templetons com> Date: August 10, 2006 7:24:47 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: ip () v2 listbox comSubject: Re: [IP] Doctors warn of health risks in new airport security rules
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 06:50:03PM -0400, David Farber wrote:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2296564
"The TSA has said that parents must drink their babies' formula to prove it's not tainted." Ok, so if I'm a suicide terrorist, ready to blow up myself, the baby and the plane, I'm going to balk at drinking some peroxide or other toxic item in a baby formula bottle? As long as it's not going to burn my mouth or kill me within 2 hours this test is pointless and humiliating. (It's often not formula, but expressed mother's milk, which while safe to drink is not something people expect to be forced upon them.) What's next, bladder inspections? Because while it's not particularly pleasant, you can store lots of fluid in there, and with an inflatable catheter you could even do it without contamination. You don't care about the safety of it, of course. You're planning to die, after all. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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