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November 21, 2006
Muslims On A Plane
Setting aside the fact that America's "J'accuse" mentality means you can get anyone in trouble for anything, and setting aside the well-worn fact that terrorism is only effective if the public lets itself be easily terrified, and setting aside the idiotic mentality of "serves 'em right for belonging to a religion that has some bad people in it"...
The case of the six imams who were hauled out of an airport makes me wonder what's the freaking point of airport security. They'd passed the checkpoints. So we know they didn't have an improper amount of hair gel or toothpaste. We know they took their shoes off. We know they had had their boarding passes and IDs scrutinized by the sharpest eyes $8/hr can buy. How could there be any danger? Once they'd run the TSA gauntlet, even if they had the worst intentions, how could they have done anything bad? It's like all the millions and millions of dollars and countless man-hours of controversy thrown at airport security haven't really changed anything.
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Hey, you know some rather intelligent and capable people getting paid about $8 an hour.
Posted by: Josh | November 22, 2006 07:42 AM
Well, yes, that's true. But they don't work for a place that has the resources and the cash that Homeland Security does.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: I also received a comment that is basically an extensive laundry list of 9/11 myth debunking. I've seen it elsewhere on the Web, and it doesn't really relate to my post, and it was submitted anonymously. If people want to read it, let me know, but at this point, I think it's too cumbersome and irrelevant to post in the Comment section.]
Posted by: michael | November 22, 2006 08:29 AM
