by 1290 » 08 May 2014, 1:38 pm
How relevant is the screening? Some would argue it keeps the air transport safe... me, I believe there is not the problem that would like us to believe, or if there is then swabbing elderly gents, a mother with three children in tow, is not the solution!
It is pure brown stuff ejected from a male bovine. Many people relish the opportunity to have in our society such controls, eyes on everyone in the public realm, video surveillance not only at airports, visually psych evaluating individuals in the crowd, police recording each vehicle plate and recording movement (we promise we wont record your movements!!)
Why? For the children, its for the children. Just like registering legal firearms and recording where every legal firearm location and movement has saved so many lives....
Yup.
Rant over.
Explosives, RDX and C4 are interchangeable names really, RDX is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, not that hard to pronounce;
cyclo
tri
methylene
tri
nitramine
(I have an interest in organic chemistry, just an interest nothing more, I swear ASIO....)
Cyclic hydrocarbon ring with 3 nitros substituted, (oh the memories) a few other additions,
AKA 1,3,5-Trinitroperhydro-1,3,5-triazine and other names as well,
I think my kids where the only ones on the street that knew what trinitrotoluene was....nitroglycerin....nitrocellulose, ah where would we be without these nitro thingies!