Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The fact is you can not make an airplane secure. Anyone reasonably trained could kill someone by rolling up the inflight magazine provided on the plane and using it as a weapon. But we have been through all the film scanning and security hassels, and airplanes vs. trains and the future of Amtrak in the last month. Rather than going through it all again, can we just reply to the initial question and get off it a while? - --- Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: > Neil Beddoe exclaimed: > > >>> Ted pulled one out of the air: <<< > > Neil only one comment! Bull shit mon ami it didn't > come out of the air, it > came right from Barcelona and the Olympics! Were > you there? If not, then > don't make stupid comments. > > A short time before the Games were to open in 1992, > please note the date it > has nothing to do with 9/11 it was discovered by > European security forces, > someone had been working with film cassettes and > loading them with > explosives of some kind. > > I feel no more or less secure flying than I did on > September the 12th it > > just takes me longer to get off the ground.<<<< > > I can't agree with you more, and like you, I've > watched some really stupid > things being done in the name of making the plane > and passengers more > secure. And it truly does take longer to get off the > ground and it's a big > pain in the ass in the name of giving some folks a > false sense of security. > > ted > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html