[IP] more on Logan ... frequent fliers

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
Date: October 4, 2005 12:51:15 AM EDT
To: Jordan Pollack <pollack@cs.brandeis.edu>
Cc: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Logan ... frequent fliers


Jordan Pollack writes:

> The really ironic part of all this is that 9/11 instantaneously
> changed the psychology of the "Hijackee." Instead of a passive
> "hope- to-land-in-Havana" mentality, many people have an active
> "rip-hijackers-to-shreds-using- fingernails" stance.

Yup.  Bin Laden correctly predicted that.  You know he did because all
four planes were to be crashed within minutes of each other.

http://blog.russnelson.com/politics/hijacking-is-so-passe.html

Every time I hear a message in an airport about "due to heightened
security levels" I translate that in my head to "heightened insecurity
levels", because we surely wouldn't put up with all their crap if we
were truly secure.

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