DevilsPGD wrote:
> In message <436C2C0B.40307@olypen.com> azzure@olypen.com wrote:
>
>
>>DevilsPGD wrote:
>>
>>>>"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), whose firefighter cousin was killed on 9/11.
>>>
>>>
>>>Assuming cockpits are not locked, knives basically aren't a threat.
>>>
>>
>>Not to pilots maybe, but still a threat to flight attendants and
>>passengers!!!
>
>
> So? I could just walk into an airport, right through the metal
> detector, pull a gun and start shooting and I guarantee you I'd do a lot
> more damage then any terrorist with a 1" pocket knife in a plane.
>
> I could kill someone with the stuff in my laptop bag if push came to
> shove.
>
> The goal is not to prevent you from injuring or killing a small number
> of people, only physically restraining EVERYONE can accomplish that. The
> goal is prevent the plane from being hijacked, and as lock as the
> cockpit is properly secured and the pilots aren't completely retarded, a
> pocket knife won't make any difference at all.
>
The cowboy savior syndrome is more a danger than retardation.
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