XPost: alt.flame.airlines, alt.politics.immigration, rec.travel.air
XPost: alt.travel.uk.air
From: mazorj@erols.com
"Chutzpah" wrote in message
news:10djgjsi4tttba0@corp.supernews.com...
> Scenes From A Sad Airport
> And never mind that even tiny raging splinter-cell terrorists aren't so
> stupid as to try the same vile hijack stunt twice.
Ever hear of the Shoe Bomber? Technically, not a hijack attempt, but the
Brits dropped the ball on that one.
> And never you mind that none of this would've stopped any of the 9/11
thugs.
So how would they have gotten the box cutters through security today?
> Hey, you couldn't possibly hate America enough to wish us harm. Could you?
> Besides, we stop only swarthy Third World types and guys with
scary-looking
> beards and unpronounceable names that sound like rare kidney diseases.
But, oh loquacious moron, you just told us that they stopped a "conservative
Christian U.S. congressman".
> Welcome, all, to the new-millennium American airport. Observe the
perfectly
> imperfect microcosm of new American ideals and values, all about
> isolationism and quiet cancerous paranoia and a huge increase in
government
> employment and expenditure and bureaucracy and very sorry but you can't
> bring that coffee into the boarding area.
Really? I guess I risked getting shot every time I did it?
> Welcome to the all-American fear of the Other, coupled with a sad
acceptance
> that this is the way it is and the way it will be for years and years to
> come. Please remove your shoes. And your belt. And your watch. And your
> self-respect. Bush forever. More war in '04. Enjoy your flight.
I do, knowing that we've taken steps to avoid a repetition of 9/11.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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