Originally Posted by
LuvAirFrance
@exbayern. I don't get why you are saying the Canadian government shouldn't be responding to acts that caused huge fatalities.
I said nothing of the sort!
I find it bizarre however that someone would start such a thread and overlook the vast majority of bombings, which are easily found via a Google search. One of the first to respond posted just such a list.
Yet at the same time I also believe that you represent a large cross-section of Americans who are so focussed on recent events that they fail to remember (if they ever learned about) events which occured around the world, and which continue to occur.
I also do not understand why you discount 'successful' ground attacks at airports.
After Lockerbie a number of measures were put in place regarding airline safety. I find it hypocritrical that even after 9/11 the US did not put similar measures in place, and large holes still exist today in US air travel, whilst other countries are being forced to violate the rights of their own citizens by that same US.
I do not understand the purpose of this thread, as the original premise that less than a dozen airline attacks were ever 'successful'.
Originally Posted by
PhlyingRPh
Thanks. However, upon re-reading my words in bold font as they are, I just want to be sure people understand that there is no insensitivity or malice intended. Mine is a purely clinical analysis, perhaps a little brusque, based on my experience in some uncomfortably close shaves in other countries around the world (as in four doors down from my own home in one instance and less than 1,000 yards in two city centres at other times)
I absolutely support what you are saying, especially since it arose from my original quote. I don't want to minimize or negate the horror of 9/11, nor do I suggest that anyone forget what occured that day.
However there are many millions of people who use 9/11 as a reason for their beliefs, all the while overlooking Air India and the many other attacks which occured elsewhere. Sadly, I also believe that there is ignorance of the facts, and that many who fear 'flying while brown' equate Sikhism to Islam.
9/11 was a horrible event; Air India was a horrible event. So was every other airline bombing, but fortunately the reaction to most was not the same reaction as to 9/11.