>>"I'd like to know why [knives] are no longer a threat when they were a
>>threat over the last four years," fumed Rep. Joseph Crowley
>>(D-Queens)
>
>Easy, they were never a threat. This is just a continuation of the
>nonsense that the planes were hijacked with box cutters. As if waving
>knives or box cutters or whatever would deter passengers from swamping
>the hijackers in a post-9/11 world. The 9/11 hijackings worked
>because of surprise - passengers who think they're merely gonna be
>inconvenienced with a sidetrip to Cuba or wherever are not likely to
>risk injury. But if the passengers are convinced they're likely to
>die anyway, you think a little knife is gonna stop them? And you
>think a future hijacker is gonna try it with a little knife?
Imagine you are on a plane that is being hijacked. You and your
fellow passengers thwart the attempt by stabbing the hijacker in
the eyes and into the brain with the knives and forks that came
with your meal (this took 4 hours after you knocked the guy out).
A lawyer among the passengers points out that what you have just
done is illegal.
Do you attempt to cover up what you have done by eating the evidence?
Gordon L. Burditt |
