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Originally Posted by Aramike
I'm not sure that I have an opinion on this, but I will ask a simple question: would people have thought we were paranoid checking for box cutters prior to 9/11/01? And, would doing so caused people to invoke the terms "common sense" and "precaution"?
I'm guessing yes.
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I'm thinking you guess right, however that was a time when planes weren't hijacked to be used as building missiles. The passengers (hostages) could justifiably believe that as long as they didn't cause the hijackers any trouble then the most that would happen is they'd have an unscheduled side trip to Havana and some exciting stories to tell their grandchildren.
9-11 gave any future hijacking situation a whole new and terrible meaning. I seriously doubt box cutters would be enough to control a plane full of scared passengers anymore.