[steve-b]

Haven't thought about mirrors, but I understand that they are considering banning hot water for coffee and tea (throwing it in someones face can be a problem).

These people are absolute idiots. Even if the pre-9/11 passivity continued, nobody could hijack a plane with a cup of hot coffee -- the perp can burn one or two people, and then he's got nothing.

[hispanarepublicana]

nobody could hijack a plane with a cup of hot coffee

Have you ever TASTED airline coffee? They could threaten me by trying to make me taste it....

[fone]

Moronic indeed! Why don't they just handcuff everyone to their seats during the flight?

/sarcasm

[TheRealLobo]

You said:"These people are absolute idiots. Even if the pre-9/11 passivity continued, nobody could hijack a plane with a cup of hot coffee -- the perp can burn one or two people, and then he's got nothing. "

Makes me think of the part in Blazing Saddles, where the black Sheriff shows up in the town, they all draw guns on him. He draws his own gun, points it at his own head and states "Nobody move, or the n***** gets it." The townsfolk all back away and he gets to the sheriffs office when they're certain that the bad guy is serious about shooting the defensless sheriff.