In article <11moov24o07dve8@corp.supernews.com>,
Gordon Burditt 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)
>>
>>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?
No, you kill the lawyer.
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