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"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). I can handle room-temp coffee, but I wouldn't want it to be served that way. "They can make weapons in prisons, I don't imagine it would be much effort to do the same with common available items and a decent nail file.... A decent can of hair spritz can blind you for a few minutes, what else --- pepper spray disguised as perfume, acrylic nails sharpened to points, hair bobs sharpened, the list goes on ad infinitum. It's a cat and mouse game"

Everyone is indeed insane. Look. Short of doing a cavity search on EVERY PERSON getting on a plane I guarantee weapons can be smuggled on far more lethal then a box cutter. The list of potential weapons is almost endless. The answer is armed air marshalls, armed pilots, a secure cockpit door and an understanding by all who fly that any attempt to hijack a plane will result in an all out assault by everyone on that plane on the hijackers. The old rules whereby we meekly submit are gone. This rule must also be applied in all areas of life where we might be threatened by terrorists, there are no noncombatants in this war.

The answer is armed air marshalls, armed pilots, a secure cockpit door and an understanding by all who fly that any attempt to hijack a plane will result in an all out assault by everyone on that plane on the hijackers. The old rules whereby we meekly submit are gone. This rule must also be applied in all areas of life where we might be threatened by terrorists, there are no noncombatants in this war.

That may sound good -- just being words on the screen. But, in real life, it doesn't work that way. The very large majority of people simply are not going to get into "combat situations". That's ridiculous to think so. And IF someone thinks that it's "safer" to "sit it out" -- rather than challenge someone like that -- then they can very conceivably think it's much more responsible (in regards to their own family members) if they come back home again and can see them again.

These statements of your only works IF someone knows ahead of time what is going on and what the stakes are -- in their particular situation and then, if they are trained for combat.

The mass of people simply are not trained for combat and they never will be. And there are "methods" for dealing with others who are trained for combat (who may fight against them).

It's simply not as easy as your words indicate (when one is in that kind of "real life situation" and doesn't know exactly what the future is going to bring in their particular situation).