Airport security theatre: Zipties

So my carry-on laptop backpack got a full going-over because of a little folding tripod that apparently looked weird on the scanner...

And they saw and removed the small zipties that I use for securing my suitcase normally, claiming that I could use them to tie people up.

Nevermind the 6ft ethernet cable, or the laptop cable, I was going to be able to tie somebody up with a couple of zip-ties, each 5cm in length, with a width of less than 4mm.

The American TSA side has never complained about them, and now on a Canadian domestic flight they did. Just simply crazy.