TSA authorities can fine you $10,000 for leaving the airport

glatt · 11-28-2010, 06:59 PM

At least courthouses are frequented every day by actual know violent criminals. Not like airports where it's normal people just trying to get where they are going.

classicman · 11-28-2010, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

At least courthouses are frequented every day by actual know violent criminals.
Not like airports where it's normal terrorists just trying to get where they are going.

he he he

xoxoxoBruce · 11-28-2010, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

At least courthouses are frequented every day by actual know violent criminals. Not like airports where it's normal people just trying to get where they are going.

Yeah, but airports are voluntary, refusing to go to the courthouse can get you indefinite jail time for contempt of court.

Spexxvet · 11-29-2010, 08:15 AM

The government should try staying out of the process. Let the public know that the each airline is responsible for the safety of its own flights, and consumers can choose how safe they want to be. Maybe have terrorism liability clauses that pay indirectly proportional to how involved security is. You can get a low cost, no security check walk-on flight with Jet Blew (up), or a higher cost flight with more security from Scan And Pat Air.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-29-2010, 10:03 AM

But when the terrorists take down a plane, the political capital is huge. The loss to the country is more important than the people killed. On a large plane maybe 500 people, hell, we knock off more jaywalkers and bike riders than that.

A great personal tragedy for each victim and their families, but small potatoes to the country. That's why 9-11 was of such importance. 3,000 people isn't a blip on the national death toll, it was the attack on the nation that was important.

Lamplighter · 11-29-2010, 10:34 AM

I feel 9/11 was such a big issue for Americans because
it was another "first" for our current generations,
just as JFK's assassination in the 60's was for those generations.
Each event came at times when our society was conditioned or
accustomed to being safe over several years.

The problem of safety is that you can never be completely safe.
It's a matter of how much risk you are willing to accept and at what cost.
That's what I was trying to discuss in my earlier thread about giving bin Laden what he wanted

glatt · 11-29-2010, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But when the terrorists take down a plane, the political capital is huge.

I agree that this is the way things are, but it makes no sense. What does it matter where someone is killed by terrorists? Why are planes so freaking sacred?

11-29-2010, 08:15 AM	#4
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	The government should try staying out of the process. Let the public know that the each airline is responsible for the safety of its own flights, and consumers can choose how safe they want to be. Maybe have terrorism liability clauses that pay indirectly proportional to how involved security is. You can get a low cost, no security check walk-on flight with Jet Blew (up), or a higher cost flight with more security from Scan And Pat Air. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

11-29-2010, 10:03 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But when the terrorists take down a plane, the political capital is huge. The loss to the country is more important than the people killed. On a large plane maybe 500 people, hell, we knock off more jaywalkers and bike riders than that. A great personal tragedy for each victim and their families, but small potatoes to the country. That's why 9-11 was of such importance. 3,000 people isn't a blip on the national death toll, it was the attack on the nation that was important. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-28-2010, 06:59 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	At least courthouses are frequented every day by actual know violent criminals. Not like airports where it's normal people just trying to get where they are going.

11-29-2010, 10:34 AM	#6
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I feel 9/11 was such a big issue for Americans because it was another "first" for our current generations, just as JFK's assassination in the 60's was for those generations. Each event came at times when our society was conditioned or accustomed to being safe over several years. The problem of safety is that you can never be completely safe. It's a matter of how much risk you are willing to accept and at what cost. That's what I was trying to discuss in my earlier thread about giving bin Laden what he wanted

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