Schneier link

Bruce Schneier has a nice pointer to a news snippet whereby soldiers boarding a commercial flight were required to surrender pocket knives, nose-hair clippers, and lighters, despite being decked out in full combat weaponry (rifle, handgun, etc.). Another example of failing to build human discernment into a system designed by lovers of rules and data. I like the quote Scheier gives at the end as well:

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson