Interesting Things We Hear About the Crisis

[lavender]

 

[*bratcat*]

apparently...

 

[XXplorher]

ArcGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh

Well, you asked me to look.

Is it clear why I'm disgusted? Is it a problem that an airline allows a simple pocket knife type object on a plane (ceramic or otherwise)? Or is it a problem... that when a FUCKING pocket knife type object GETS on a plane... that the PEOPLE, ALLOW that object to HIJACK A PLANE?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CUZ I FIND THAT A FUCKING PROBLEM!! And I want a fucking answer as to why that was allowed. And I want to know where the hell we have all gone. And I want to know why men ran the beaches of Normandy for you, when you can't even remove some fuckbeard with a CARPET CUTTER who has ideas on YOUR fucking country!!!!! Maybe I'm an incorrible asshole. But nobody on MY fucking flight is EVER going to get 'comandeered' (for christ sakes) when I'm sitting in some passenger seat there. And I'm not going to the back of the plane!!!! (No one wants me back there ANYway - I drink too much!)

I am not a NAvy SEal. I am just some moron who thinks he can disarm a carpet cutter on a plane and live to tell about it. And I don't like people telling me what to do. If he has a knife - he's NOT going to tell me what to DO!! If he's on my plane, I have every fucking reason as an american to gut myself with his knife and save people. Is that much of a large concept? Is your life worth more than that? I dont think it is. I don't think I could EVER measure up to those men who stormed Europe, urgently, and went on to freeze in Bastogne. I don't think there's CHANCE of me EVER being that important. And I just want to know, why, as Americans, don't you feel a born responsibility to SERVE those men and this country as it's given you all opportunity to be YOU?! Next time some asshole wants to labor you with a slat blade - show him why you neglect his idea at superiority. And hammer that fucker!!!!!

Do it for the people that just got killed. Just fucking DO IT (because you're proud!)

(I'm supposed to be calming down................)

 

[shoefly]

I just can't believe how horribly sad this all is.

This post isn't meant as a real reply. I just wanted to let you know lavender that I'm thinking of you. I'm interested in your responses to all of this ---

I am stunned.

 

[Juan Trickpony]

You're on a plane.
Some assholes pull knives and start ranting about the glory of Allah....

Gee, this sucks, you think, sitting nervously in your seat. But is it worth getting stabbed over?

The plane's gonna land, and they're going to make some outrageous demands, and then Delta Force is going to come in and blow them away.

Yawn.
Why risk your life.
People get paid to do that.
Just stay calm and ride it out.You'll be home for supper none the worse for wear.



WHAT PASSENGER IN HIS/HER RIGHT MIND EVER THOUGHT THE BLOODY LUNATICS WOULD CRASH THE PLANES INTO HEAVILY POPULATED BUILDINGS!!!!!!!


The very thought is insane.
It won't work again.
Next time, the passengers will tear them to shreds.

 

[Bubblegum *sugarless*]

Secondly, Dayton. Why a plane in Dayton. Maybe it's unrelated, but all I can think is the Dayton Peace Accords. What if it isn't the middle east but the Balkans, some insurgent group there. Just a thought. I know it's WAY out there.

It turned out to be a sonic boom created by two F14's flying over. Not much else was said about it last night. Just a brief press conference at the base.

 

[Guest]

"It won't work again.
Next time, the passengers will tear them to shreds."


I'm counting on that. Where's that dude who jumped a shark and pulled it on shore for fucking with his nephew when you need him, eh?

 

[Mischka]

Well, just within the last 2 years, the airline industry has been concerned about these ceramic knife things that would go undetected yet are sharper than a razor blade. This would make security quite vulnerable.

Security is already extraordinarily vulnerable when it comes to knives, whether of metal, plastic, or ceramic. Most airport restaurants are inside security checkpoints. Order a steak at TGIFridays, and you're armed with a steak knife, without another checkpoint between you and the plane. Logan is now banning any type of knife, but for all we know, the terrorists armed themselves after getting to the airport, and through the security checkpoints.

 

[Young Knave]

You're on a plane.
Some assholes pull knives and start ranting about the glory of Allah....

Gee, this sucks, you think, sitting nervously in your seat. But is it worth getting stabbed over?

The plane's gonna land, and they're going to make some outrageous demands, and then Delta Force is going to come in and blow them away.

Yawn.
Why risk your life.
People get paid to do that.
Just stay calm and ride it out.You'll be home for supper none the worse for wear.



WHAT PASSENGER IN HIS/HER RIGHT MIND EVER THOUGHT THE BLOODY LUNATICS WOULD CRASH THE PLANES INTO HEAVILY POPULATED BUILDINGS!!!!!!!


The very thought is insane.
It won't work again.
Next time, the passengers will tear them to shreds.

Right on, Juan. It's easy to judge these people with hindsight, but they had no idea what was going to happen. Remember that there hasn't been a hijacking in this country in over ten years. As far as the knives go, remember that the atmosphere in this country was much different before the attack. I doubt most people in this country would have tolerated a thorough search of their bags and their person before they got on the plane - the intrusion and delays. Course, everything is going to change now.