Originally Posted by
itsme
Is that observation meant to be more than a simple truism, something along the lines of "gravity works because of the physical nature of mass?" People should only ask themselves whether they and those close to them are more at personal risk of being killed, maimed, or otherwise immediately harmed by terrorist acts than they are by more commonplace hazards of modern life, and unless the answer is yes, they should go about their daily business paying the reality of terrorism no heed? FDR might have had terrorism as we now know it here in the US post-9/11 in mind when he said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself?"
No, gravity works no matter what happens.
Terrorism works because people choose to be cowards and frightened by acts of terrorism. If the universal response to hostage taking was an armed, violent response where the hostages' safety was ignored, than hostage taking would pretty much end immediately.
And
screw 9/11 
It's an over-worn, cowardly excuse for destroying civil liberties.
Originally Posted by
itsme
Why should anyone be disgusted by the requirement to show ID before being allowed to board a plane to travel domestically, if that requirement arguably serves the purpose of our safety? Or is it not the requirement as such which disgusts you, but rather the need for such a requirement and those responsible for that need?
Because it 1)doesn't serve any purpose of safety and 2)is a disgusting, un-American action. Those mandating ID checking should be caned and deported to a papers-please-Comrade place like North Korea. They are filthy Communist scumbags.