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Title: TSA Bans Coke Bottles That Resemble Fictional Star Wars Explosives
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URL Source: http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2 ... oke-bottles-that-resemble.html
Published: Aug 30, 2019
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2019-09-03 09:05:27 by Deckard
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Views: 637
Comments: 4
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has banned passengers from bringing special bottles of Coca-Cola sold at Disney theme parks onto planes because the containers resemble the fictional "thermal detonator" devices in the Star Wars universe. Even a lot of casual Star Wars fans might not know what the bottle is supposed to mimic, since the thermal detonator isn't a well-known weapon. It's mostly just a minor plot device. Introduced in 1983's Return of the Jedi, the thermal detonator is a baseball-sized explosive that is implied to be very powerful. One is brandished menacingly by a disguised Princess Leia in the movie, but it never actually explodes on-screen. (Anton Chekov would be disappointed.) But you know what does get used pretty often in Star Wars movies to kill and maim a lot of people and aliens? Lightsabers. And do you know what the TSA's policy regarding lightsabers is? They're perfectly fine — even in carry-on luggage! Sadly, the TSA has a long and inglorious history of making arbitrary decisions about what counts as a "security threat." The "thermal detonator" Coke bottles are forbidden under the same broad ban on replica weapons and explosives—except for lightsabers, I guess?—that has previously led TSA agents to seize items as innocuous as whiskey stones shaped like bullets. 
Screenshot from TSA.gov
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Having just returned from an lengthy flight to Colorado I was again reminded by the imbeciles of TSA why it is that I hate to fly! TSA should never have been formed in the first place. Inspection of passengers and their belongings by a gaggle of smart-aleck, negroes and foreign born, uneducated dummies is a practice that should have never been initiated. Israel does it best. They know who the potential dangers are before they reach the airport. They have a few intelligent inspectors who profile and look into the eyes of passengers. America needs to dismantle the TSA and replace it with something that works and doesn't dis-accommodate travelers. Providing these weasels with a badge and a job is something I resent having to pay for.
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
First, show us the "real thing", so we can compare them with the soda bottle, dumbfuck.
Profiling has been deemed racist, and bad by the socialist left, government hating Paultards... and all criminals who feel they have a constitutional right, to victimize society. If you don’t believe me, ask that asshole, Dicktard. He’d fucking shit himself if he was targeted for searching, due to profiling.
Sounds a fair assessment of Deckhand.
Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
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"It could create concern that it's the real thing," TSA spokesperson Jim Gregory told the Orange County Register
Is the "real thing" a wooden movie prop, spokeshole?
#3. To: IbJensen (#1)
inspectors who profile
#4. To: GrandIsland (#3)
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