Reply #61: Um, while I think it sucks for anyone who was travelling this morning...

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...those are the only people being forced to throw anything away. By the afternoon, everyone knew how to pack for the new regulations. I have friends flying from England today - by the time they got to the airport at noon, they already knew about it and were prepared.

As for the folks in GB and other countries, they are regularly searched and their bags thoroughly inspected (much, much more so than we've ever seen here) because they choose to face the reality of today's world rather than ignore it like most Americans do. It's what we should be doing here.

I for one have NO problem standing in a long security line, having my bags searched, having to check my deodorant, etc. if it means I'm going to land at my destination alive. To me, that's not a huge price to pay for my life.