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Friday, October 12, 2007 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Confiscating shampoo? Forcing crew members to remove their shoes? The absurdity that is airport "security" continues.
By Patrick Smith

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  • Thursday, October 11, 2007 06:45 PM

    The form of the thing, not its nature, is what matters.

    This past Monday at MKE, I saw a woman and her single under-three-ounce liquid-or-gel container turned away from a security checkpoint because she had neglected to buy it its own quart-sized baggie. Reason is not the operating principle here!

    —The Maple Menace Read The Maple Menace's other letters

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