> Please refrain from insults and crude sexist personal attacks. It violates the site rules, and weakens the effectiveness of your argument. Fair enough. (Edit

> Please refrain from insults and crude sexist personal attacks. It violates the site rules, and weakens the effectiveness of your argument. Fair enough. (Edit: What I said isn't sexist and it won't ever be, but this guy seems intent on driving that narrative) > I simply pointed out that this is a pretty rational reaction to the existing rules It's not, though. Not even remotely. I know how to commit a crime with every object on my body, including the actual parts of my body. I know that, you know that, the airport security staff knows that, a child knows that. He didn't say, "I'm going to punch people at this airport," he said, "I know kung fu," and this scared the individual, so he was detained and the scary object confiscated. Further: I can use the wifi radio in my laptop to commit a crime in the UK, according to an adjacent comment. Is it sane that possessing that knowledge should mean I have my laptop taken away? Is my laptop, which was just fine moments prior to me saying, "I can listen to wifi with a laptop", suddenly no longer alright? That's any wireless NIC with promisc mode... > If you want a list of things that are and aren’t allowed, you end up with a list that defaults to anything not explicitly allowed is banned. No. You end up with a set of predictable restrictions that people can rely upon to know what they are and are not permitted to bring into a facility-- this shouldn't be /guesswork/. There are some /serious ramifications/ to your entire life if someone decides something you have is dangerous at an airport, so there should be some pretty serious requirements for making clear what is and is not permitted.