[supercat]

None of these people quoted here had any experience in dealing with Islam.

And how does requiring people to use government-approved sandwich bags for their toothpaste in any way relate to dealing with Islam?

[misterrob]

The point I was making is how libertarians (and Muth is one of them) are so very quick to break out the loss of liberty rap whenever government does anything to try and provide security for people. While government bureaucrats are not that effective in coming up with workable solutions to real world problems and it is always fair game to mock their lame efforts, people want to grouse about their freedoms being impinged upon and quote dead people from up to 200 plus years ago as a way to sound relevant.

[MarkL]

And how does requiring people to use government-approved sandwich bags for their toothpaste in any way relate to dealing with Islam?

What I want to know is if they confiscated his toothpaste, did they also confiscate the clear, non-approved bag? And just why is it that one clear bag is approved, and another isn't? And how is it that taking deadly toothpaste from a non-approved, clear bag, and putting into a government approved clear-bag, purchased at the gift shop, renders that deadly toothpaste safe for travel?

Mark