By: JLP

JLP — Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This guy is an idiot. Is he completely out of his mind? Any senseable human can hear the recordings in the terminals that state any jokes or remarks concering threats to safety will be taken seriously. Does he think that is being played over and over for our enjoying pleasure?
We, as the public have a right to safety. That is no joke. If he wants to get along in socioety, he needs to respect the security of others. His pin may not be offensive to him, but it would be to me. Being an airline captain myself, I too would have him removed. I would think him an indescrete fool for waring the pin to begin with.
What else is the nut capable of?

By: Anders

Anders — Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I'm cool with people paying more attention to safety after 9-11 -- everything else would be stupid. In case of another terrorist attack, I would of course feel bad if complaints of the increase in check-in time due to the added control had caused the possibility of, say, carrying a bomb onto a plane. But ask yourself: Would you really feel scared if travelling with a guy carrying a badge saying 'suspected terrorist'. No you wouldn't. But you would apparantly feel provoced, which just isn't reason enough to pull the guy off. I'm having great dfficulties accepting this whole "you're either with us or against us"-thing. First of all, fear-based stupidity (he's not really going to carry a bomb and put a "I'm the bomber"-sticker on his shirt, now is he) wrapped in "Oh, so you're taking the liberty to question parts of the way this terrorism-thing is handled -- so you're playing on their team?!" reminds me all too much of good old McCarthy. And going "if he can be indiscrete, what else can he do" is just plain daft. I thought we were fighting for freedom here -- not for the right to judge people based on (irrational) suspision. And if you want to justify a war, a way to handle terrorism etc. you might want to allow for just a little discussion on the subject, everything else is actually a little suspicious, and effectively cut off all critical voice by being brutal is very similar to the way 'the enemy' is running their own countries. Newsflash: All people capable of voicing a more complex opinion than the black-or-white version aren't terrorists, doesn't support Saddam or Osama --- they might just be doing their bit to secure an open discussion and a free democracy which is kind of nice to have when we're forcing our way of living onto other countries...

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