On 2013-03-08 14:40, tommy wrote:
All passengers etcetera should be issued with a Jim Bowie knife when going on air planes, so that when these hijackers try it on the innocent passengers can cut them to shreds without bringing down the plane.

A cook was butchering an ox for Duke Wen Hui.
The places his hand touched,
His shoulder leaned against,
His foot stepped on,
His knee pressed upon,
Came apart with a sound.

He moved the blade, making a noise
That never fell out of rhythm.
It harmonized with the Mulberry Woods Dance,
Like music from ancient times.

Duke Wen Hui exclaimed: "Ah! Excellent!
Your skill has advanced to this level?"

"What I follow is Tao,
The cook puts down the knife and answered:
Which is beyond all skills.
"When I started butchering,
What I saw was nothing but the whole ox.
After three years,
I no longer saw the whole ox.

"Nowadays, I meet it with my mind
Rather than see it with my eyes.
My sensory organs are inactive
While I direct the mind's movement.

"It goes according to natural laws,
Striking apart large gaps,
Moving toward large openings,
Following its natural structure.

"Even places where tendons attach to bones
Give no resistance,
Never mind the larger bones!

"A good cook goes through a knife in a year,
Because he cuts.
An average cook goes through a knife in a month,
Because he hacks.

"I have used this knife for nineteen years.
It has butchered thousands of oxen,
But the blade is still like it's newly sharpened.

"The joints have openings,
And the knife's blade has no thickness.
Apply this lack of thickness into the openings,
And the moving blade swishes through,
With room to spare!

"That's why after nineteen years,
The blade is still like it's newly sharpened.

"Nevertheless, every time I come across joints,
I see its tricky parts,
I pay attention and use caution,
My vision concentrates,
My movement slows down.

"I move the knife very slightly,
Whump! It has already separated.
The ox doesn't even know it's dead,
and falls to the ground like mud.

"I stand holding the knife,
And look all around it.
The work gives me much satisfaction.
I clean the knife and put it away."

Duke Wen Hui said: "Excellent!
I listen to your words,
And learn a principle of life."

On 2013-03-08 14:32, balducci wrote:
It is only "feigned concern" if Bob was aware that screwdrivers (seven inches or less in length) and other such items were presently allowed. I suspect that most people here, Bob included, were not (I wasn't). Were you, prior to the last few days? Actually, a five or six inch screwdriver worries me much more than a pen knife.

On 2013-03-08 15:34, Andrew Zuber wrote:

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On 2013-03-07 23:14, RobertSmith wrote:
There's a half dozen or more ways to seriously injure or kill someone on an airplane without a knife.

This isn't a big deal.

So let's allow knives back on planes, thus raising the number of available methods. Sounds like a good plan.

On 2013-03-08 15:52, Dannydoyle wrote:

The point is that this move will add to the lines at TSA. Why do it?

On 2013-03-07 20:27, Steve_Mollett wrote:
Okay on the knife, but we still have to confiscate the bottle of water.

On 2013-03-08 07:34, Woland wrote:
The danger is not that knives can be used to penetrate the cockpit, but that, as on September Eleventh, knives could be used to terrorize and kill passengers and cabin crew, threatening the pilot that unless he opened the door, etc. It is unlikely, however, that such a gambit would work nowadays.

On 2013-03-08 14:40, tommy wrote:
All passengers etcetera should be issued with a Jim Bowie knife when going on air planes, so that when these hijackers try it on the innocent passengers can cut them to shreds without bringing down the plane.

On 2013-03-08 15:44, Chessmann wrote:

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On 2013-03-08 14:40, tommy wrote:
All passengers etcetera should be issued with a Jim Bowie knife when going on air planes, so that when these hijackers try it on the innocent passengers can cut them to shreds without bringing down the plane.

You might want to confer with Archie Bunker, as you both have similar ideas. Unfortunately, he is not dead.

On 2013-03-07 20:27, Steve_Mollett wrote:
Okay on the knife, but we still have to confiscate the bottle of water.

On 2013-03-08 17:07, S2000magician wrote:

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On 2013-03-08 07:34, Woland wrote:
The danger is not that knives can be used to penetrate the cockpit, but that, as on September Eleventh, knives could be used to terrorize and kill passengers and cabin crew, threatening the pilot that unless he opened the door, etc. It is unlikely, however, that such a gambit would work nowadays.

Especially if all of the other passengers were armed with knives of their own.

On 2013-03-08 21:27, HowaboutBob wrote:
I don't agree with the knives on the plane. Now I got to stand in line for an extra hour while they measure blades? I'm just hoping the 100 plus people sitting around me are on my side!