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Who the fuck would object to this change? There's nothing significant one can do with such knives.

Also, how about fucking liquids?

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Also, how about fucking liquids?

K-Y Jelly is fine if less than 3 ounces. If you need more than 3 ounces, well, maybe try leaving your hotel room occasionally.

It annoys me that several times I forgot that some particular item is forbidden and it got confiscated. Even jam!

I can think of several places I could cut you with a knife like that which would cause you to bleed to death in minutes. That doesn't actually seem like a good reason to prohibit them; larger knives, clubs and guns are legal to carry in most public places in the US. Crowded places with hundreds of witnesses are not where people usually assault each other with these items.

The threat of hijacking is the reason planes get special treatment, but the combination of secure cockpit doors and the perception that hijacking will lead to the deaths of everyone on the plane makes gaining access to the cockpit effectively impossible regardless of the availability of weapons.

> I can think of several places I could cut you with a knife like that which would cause you to bleed to death in minutes.

You could do just the same with a credit card with a sharpened edge on it. Maybe they'll ban amex & visa next?

Since they're unbanning knives, probably not.

My point is that banning items that could be used as weapons is not a particularly effective means of preventing hijacking.

People said the same thing about box cutters prior to 9/11. The Flight Attendants Union Coalition is against this too, so there is plenty of objection.

For what it's worth, box cutters and utility knives would still be strictly prohibited according to this change.

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