Cutlery Cut-Up

I sat up when I heard that Britain's Arthur Price company has developed "anti-terror airline cutlery." I sat down again when I learned that this meant cutlery designed so that terrorists can't use it against passengers and not cutlery designed so that passengers can use it against terrorists.

Personally, I've always thought that the current policy of keeping the passenger cabin free of sharp implements as an anti-terrorist measure was counter-productive. If it was up to me, I'd go in the opposite direction and strap a hunting knife under every seat. Half a dozen hijackers versus three hundred angry, well-armed passengers; let's see who wins.