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Once at a security checkpoint to a museum in Shanghai, they saw my water bottle, and then told me to take it out and drink from it.
by 2muchcoffeeman 8mo ago
Once at a security checkpoint to a museum in Shanghai, they saw my water bottle, and then told me to take it out and drink from it.
- tasuki 8mo agoThat is the way!
- imcritic 8mo agoWas it just you? Or do they apply the same policy for every visitor with a bottle of liquid?
- fc417fc802 8mo agoJust a guess but at a museum I assume they're looking out for vandals. If it's a water bottle the counterpart would be something like concentrated sodium hydroxide in which case a single sip is sufficient. Not sure how they would handle dye in a paper coffee cup though.
- imcritic 8mo agoI doubt that's against vandals I think it's against terrorists with liquid explosives/poison.
- 2muchcoffeeman 8mo agoI saw them do this to a few others in line.
- qingdao99 8mo agoThis is/was fairly common, I've experienced it on the Chinese subway a few times and I've seen a few clips of it happening online. No idea if it's official policy or not, though.
- SapporoChris 8mo agoIn the 90's USA was sensible. I was flying with a thermos of hot coffee in my carry on. As soon as they took out the thermos and felt the heat radiating from the lid the agent said, "I don't think they would heat it", smiled and passed me thru. Now when I fly I have to be careful. When they ask purpose of visit I say sightseeing. I used to say tourist, but with my accent that once caused alarm when the agent thought I said terrorist.
- Reefersleep 8mo agoI wonder how many actual terrorists they pick up for saying "I'm here for terrorism"
- rusk 8mo agoBelieve it or not it’s a question on the pre-clearance form for travel to the US: ”are you or have you ever been a member of a terrorist organisation” - I always wondered what the rationale for that was
- wongarsu 8mo agoIt's easier to deport people for lying on their immigration form than for having been a member of a terrorist organization
- kozziollek 8mo agoBut to prove lying you would have to prove being a terrorist anyway...
- alpinisme 8mo agoNo, being a member of a “terrorist organization” and the government allows itself latitude in defining that. It’s much easier to associate someone with an organization than to show personal acts of terrorism.
- anal_reactor 8mo ago[flagged]
- James_K 8mo agoSo if a suicide bomber can drink explosives, they will be fine. As long as it's not poisonous within a few hours, should be no issue.
- xsmasher 8mo agoAs long as they can drink it without making a face.
- redleader55 8mo agoI am a strong believer in the "low-tech" solutions for this kind of thing. I seriously doubt the terrorist suicide bomber knows if drinking the explosive is going to prevent them from taking the mission to the end (ie. they will die in 5 min, in 30 min or in 24h), so they will start panicking when asked to drink from the bottle.
- biofox 8mo agoThe US embassy in London do this. You can take liquids in, as long as you drink from them at security.