Years ago my wife and I were flying out of Winnipeg and my wife made the mistake of opening her bottle of water while in line for security to take a few sips. So of course by the time we got to the first officer they piped up "Nope! Gotta go in the bin!" So my wife hands her bottle over and the officer proceeds to casually THROW the bottle into the trash can 2-3 feet away from her.
At that point I lost 100% of any belief that airport security was anything more than security theatre. If a water bottle is a potential threat, fine let's call it a bomb, but treat it as such. Either you view it as a threat, or your don't, and casually banking it off the side of the trash can containing dozens of other "potential bombs" doesn't convince me of anything.
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