On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Alan wrote: > On Thursday 01 November 2001 14:54, Toby Kohlenberg wrote: > > Why is not allowing me to take nail clippers on an airplane supposed to > > make me feel better? It actually makes me feel worse because it just tells > > me that the people making the rules don't have a f**king clue what they > > are doing and now they are making it impossible to defend myself against > > the terrorists they miss because they are too busy worrying about my > > grooming tools. > > It is the idea that "Something must be done. This is something, therefore we > must do it." > > Never is it asked "would this have stopped the original crime?". If that was > done, almost every law named after a famous crime would never have been > enacted. (When emotions get involved, reason and sanity tend to be turned > off and/or ignored.) > > I wonder what they will take away from Americans when terrorists start > shooting down planes from the outside. > > I expect that in the near future, Americans will not longer be allowed to > have anything sharper than a rubber ball. (And the rubber ball will have to > be larger than 1.5" in diameter or someone might choke to death on it.) > Federal agents will be sent to homes to cut up your food and tuck you into > bed at night. (In order to get the religious right's buy-off, they will also > make you say your prayers.) > > Makes you wonder what lawmakers fear more. Terrorists or American citizens. Never had any doubt at all- they fear us much more. With good reason- terrorists can only kill them at worst. We could take away their power (maybe?) and stop letting them play such stupid games with our country. t
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