> "As long-established trade routes become unsafe, the empire slowly crumbles..." To be fair, laptops are a fairly new arrival to these long-established trade

> "As long-established trade routes become unsafe, the empire slowly crumbles..." To be fair, laptops are a fairly new arrival to these long-established trade routes. > The alternative is a serious hit to worldwide commerce flows. One way to go about this is to segregate US citizens traveling to the US from everyone else -- literally, different flights. Allow everyone to carry laptops. If a plane explodes from a laptop-bomb, then it's very clear who the public should blame and the incentive for would-be non-citizen terrorists is pretty low. If a citizen blows up the citizen's plane, then, well, that's pretty much the same as domestic terrorism at that point. Ban laptops for everyone?