Whither, mother wit?

Hear ye all! A female starts feeling claustrophobic at the end of a
long trans-Atlantic flight, starts to behave irritably and the next
thing we hear the 777 landing at Boston accompanied by fighter
aircraft. She apparently had with her a bottle of vaseline, matches and
a screwdriver, which can create a highly explosive device. Ok I made up
the final bit but don't be surprised if the line is parrotted by
authorities.

Commonsense has suddenly become very unattractive for law enforcement
agencies as flying has for common passengers, with terror threats
matched only by even more extreme knee-jerk reactions from authorities.

My wife and sons are due to fly out in just over a week from India on a
3-hour flight and I'm sure they won't even let her carry along a bottle
of milk or water for my 3-year old. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Ramapriya

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Commonsense has suddenly become very unattractive for law enforcement
agencies as flying has for common passengers, with terror threats
matched only by even more extreme knee-jerk reactions from authorities.

What "suddenly"?

Common sense has been absent for a very long time, and that absence became
MUCH more apparent in the year 2001.

Especially here in the US, we have a government that is selling us terror,
as a way of ensuring their job security. Part of their marketing is to
imply that a) we are all in grave danger if not for their efforts, b) that
they are incapable of doing their jobs without treating *everyone* as a
terrorist, and c) that they are capable of keeping destructive items off of
airplanes (a most absurd premise if ever there was one).

Ironically, the recent "foiled plot" in the UK is a good example of why
airport security is overblown, and a good example of how terrorism
investigations should be carried out (at least with respect to where the
efforts should be focused...it remains to be seen whether the suspects were
ever any actual danger to us, but regardless at least the authorities were
focusing their efforts where they could actually accomplish something).

Pete

I hear on the news last night, that they have relaxed the rules in the USA. You
can now carry on baby formula and up to 4 ounces of liquid medicine.

On 16 Aug 2006 08:27:14 -0700, wrote:


My wife and sons are due to fly out in just over a week from India on a
3-hour flight and I'm sure they won't even let her carry along a bottle
of milk or water for my 3-year old. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Ramapriya

GeorgeC

wrote:

Hear ye all! A female starts feeling claustrophobic at the end of a
long trans-Atlantic flight, starts to behave irritably and the next
thing we hear the 777 landing at Boston accompanied by fighter
aircraft.

Osama bin Laden must be laughing his ass off. With very little effort, he
and his fellow scum keep the entire Western world on the edge of hysteria.

What a bunch of sheep we are.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:

With very little effort, he
and his fellow scum keep the entire Western world on the edge of hysteria.

I am not sure I agree with your "very little effort" classification, but
the rest of your point was right on.

--
Peter

"Peter R." wrote in message
...
Dan Luke wrote:

With very little effort, he
and his fellow scum keep the entire Western world on the edge of
hysteria.

I am not sure I agree with your "very little effort" classification, but
the rest of your point was right on.

I think that relative to the effort put in, the outcome was HUGE. Sure, it
did take some effort and planning to do what they did, but not only did they
knock down two of the tallest buildings around, they have cause most of the
free world to sacrifice their own freedoms, and spend ENORMOUS amounts of
money on ineffective security measures.

Maybe that's what Dan meant...not so much that the 9/11 attacks were trivial
to carry out, but simply that for the amount of work it did take, the
terrorists have furthered their own goals far beyond their wildest dreams,
mostly at the hands of our own government (which I am sure they find
especially hilarious, as you and Dan say).

Pete

Maybe that's what Dan meant...not so much that the 9/11 attacks were trivial
to carry out, but simply that for the amount of work it did take, the
terrorists have furthered their own goals far beyond their wildest dreams,
mostly at the hands of our own government (which I am sure they find
especially hilarious, as you and Dan say).

.... and shown other malcontents how to copy them.

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My wife and sons are due to fly out in just over a week from India on a
3-hour flight and I'm sure they won't even let her carry along a bottle
of milk or water for my 3-year old. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Oh, babies are allowed drinks. It's us adults who are treated unfairly
and denied water, even on a five hour flight.

I hope people start dying of DVT and they realize how ridiculous these
rules are.

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
...
"Peter R." wrote in message
...
Dan Luke wrote:

With very little effort, he
and his fellow scum keep the entire Western world on the edge of
hysteria.

I am not sure I agree with your "very little effort" classification, but
the rest of your point was right on.

I think that relative to the effort put in, the outcome was HUGE. Sure,
it did take some effort and planning to do what they did, but not only did
they knock down two of the tallest buildings around, they have cause most
of the free world to sacrifice their own freedoms, and spend ENORMOUS
amounts of money on ineffective security measures.

Maybe that's what Dan meant...not so much that the 9/11 attacks were
trivial to carry out, but simply that for the amount of work it did take,
the terrorists have furthered their own goals far beyond their wildest
dreams, mostly at the hands of our own government (which I am sure they
find especially hilarious, as you and Dan say).

Pete

The terrorist are using the same tactics we used to put the Soviet Union out
of business. Keep creating situations where more and more of the enemies
resources are used to slay windmills. Eventually they will spend themselves
into oblivion.

In article ,
"Dave Stadt" wrote:

The terrorist are using the same tactics we used to put the Soviet Union out
of business. Keep creating situations where more and more of the enemies
resources are used to slay windmills. Eventually they will spend themselves
into oblivion.

or a clue-bird will land...

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate