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Subject: Re: Flying public gets white knuckles over TSA plans Posted on: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:56:47 -0800

Pooh Bear wrote:
>
> The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> Gordon Burditt wrote:
>>
>> > I'd like to see a new airplane horror movie about hijacking an
>> > airplane using an electric razor, a plastic knife, and a hijacker
>> > threatening to slit the throat of a flight attendant using an airline
>> > ticket ("paper cut! paper cut!"). If we're talking about 1 1/2"
>> > pocket knives, they are not likely to inflict anywhere near the
>> > damage a hijacker could do with his teeth. Or his fists. Or he
>> > could do a lot of damage beating someone over the head with a nearby
>> > small child.
>>
>> I think you could slit a throat with one of those tiny Swiss Army knives.
>> Those things are really sharp and the carotids aren't buried all that deep.
>> Have you ever tried beating someone over the head with a child? Doesn't work
>> worth shit.
>>
>> The Archie Bunker solution seems not all that unreasonable -- just give a
>> loaded gun to everyone on the plane.
>
> Compulsory pork meals is far simpler.

Probably wouldn't work. If you were about to sacrifice your life doing the
work of Allah, do you think He'd get all pissy because your last meal was a BLT?

--
Cheers,
Bev
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