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I understand that. I'm commenting on the notion that you feel we over react too often. If you and I were on a plane and I stood-up and screamed your a terrorist ... a lot of things would happen, but others around me would soon see you're not a threat and that I'm just out of my mind. At that point it's the pilots call if he needs to call DHS, TSA, or get F-16 to escort him/her to the tarmac.BigKahuna13 wrote:You're completely missing the point. You can call anyone a terrorist for doing just about anything and get away with it. Does not mean that that's a smart thing to do.XtremeJibber2001 wrote:If this woman was a Terrorist and crashed the plane into the Sears tower, I'm sure you'd be posting here questioning why the F-16's weren't scrambled.BigKahuna13 wrote:
You can say that about almost anything. Where do you draw the line?
At the rate we're going soon anytime a passenger farts they'll call out the
F16s.
Wasn't there so I don't know what went on, but this strikes me more as a cya move than anything else. An expensive cya to boot. Falcon's ain't cheap to operate and diversions cost airlines lots of money.
Farting? Probably not, but obviously the flight attendants, air marshall(s) (were there any?), and pilots saw the need to land. I'll take the pilots decision on the need to land and be escorted as reason enough.
I'm not so much complaining about the decision as much as the environment of fear we've created that causes otherwise reasonable people to overreact to anything that's out of the ordinary.
If someone is suspicious I'll assume the flight attendants and pilot(s) will do what they feel is necessary. It's always better to err on the side of caution.
It's our duty to react to things out of the ordinary. The reason 9/11 happen was because people that saw things that were unusual didn't react.
Anyway ... I wasn't sure where to post this, but I got it from Scoble's blog. his wife is Iranian and went to school in Iran:
LayZ: you’re not making it up. My wife is Iranian and she tells me all about it. She never even knew that the holocaust existed before she came to America (they don’t teach that in schools in Iran).
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Possible reasons:SkiDork wrote:Why is it whenever I see the title of this thread, I think of Strap Ons?
Watching too many porn flicks
Ty studying too hard
All of the above
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LOL....with Ty so busy, anything's possible.BigKahuna13 wrote:Bubba wrote:Possible reasons:SkiDork wrote:Why is it whenever I see the title of this thread, I think of Strap Ons?
Ty studying too hard
Why would dork need a strap-on if Ty's not around?? The image that conjures up is frightening.......
You're right, though, the image is frightening...ugh
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Most of us have met Ty and know how shall we say "active " she is. Now that she's been out of work for awhile she keeping the old Dorkmeister pretty active and hence he may need the strap on to keep up, just a thought, maybe a disturbing one but a thought no less. Now try getting that picture out of your head.Bubba wrote:LOL....with Ty so busy, anything's possible.BigKahuna13 wrote:Bubba wrote:Possible reasons:SkiDork wrote:Why is it whenever I see the title of this thread, I think of Strap Ons?
Ty studying too hard
Why would dork need a strap-on if Ty's not around?? The image that conjures up is frightening.......
You're right, though, the image is frightening...ugh
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Voices are getting louder, aren't they......shortski wrote:Most of us have met Ty and know how shall we say "active " she is. Now that she's been out of work for awhile she keeping the old Dorkmeister pretty active and hence he may need the strap on to keep up, just a thought, maybe a disturbing one but a thought no less. Now try getting that picture out of your head.Bubba wrote:LOL....with Ty so busy, anything's possible.BigKahuna13 wrote:Bubba wrote:Possible reasons:SkiDork wrote:Why is it whenever I see the title of this thread, I think of Strap Ons?
Ty studying too hard
Why would dork need a strap-on if Ty's not around?? The image that conjures up is frightening.......
You're right, though, the image is frightening...ugh
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What...sorry the screaming in my head distracted me.Bubba wrote:Voices are getting louder, aren't they......shortski wrote:Most of us have met Ty and know how shall we say "active " she is. Now that she's been out of work for awhile she keeping the old Dorkmeister pretty active and hence he may need the strap on to keep up, just a thought, maybe a disturbing one but a thought no less. Now try getting that picture out of your head.Bubba wrote:LOL....with Ty so busy, anything's possible.BigKahuna13 wrote:Bubba wrote: Possible reasons:
Ty studying too hard
Why would dork need a strap-on if Ty's not around?? The image that conjures up is frightening.......
You're right, though, the image is frightening...ugh
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