[Arkcon]

I think it hit the news once a while back, they found a 9mm in some little girls teddy bear on the x-ray conveyor. No one had any clue as to how it happened. So psuedo-random searches of kids can make some sense, i 'spose.

Last two times I flew post 9-11, I checked no luggage, just carryon carefully packed, and I wasn't stopped for extra attention. Pre-9-11, I did all sorts of stupid stuff, like packing a massive gyroscope powered razor form Sharper Image in my carryon. Or trying to go through a metal detector with my camera under my jacket. Dumb. People manning the detector were firm, and not cordial, just not rude. We've changed. And it just makes sense to be cautious. Would have made even more sense to have been more cautious in the past.

I remember when we had Tylenol and other drug tampering in the '80's. Afterward, everything had a tamper evident seal -- from medicine, to baby-food, to soda. Question: Why wasn't it always like that? Maybe in the past the food was opened, got some dirt in it, then resealed, totally by accident. Why was that the status quo until some tampering occurred?

Is being cautious at the expense of convenience such an anathema to the human animal?