Originally Posted by flymeaway
Airplanes consitute unique environments and the element of risk is much greater - as such, they require unique guidelines and regulations. There is nothing un-American about that.
Why stop or begin with airplanes? There are far greater risks for most all of us -- even the ones who live in Manhattan or the District.
Airplanes may be unique enivornments, but then again so are many cars, trains, boats, jet skis, wave runners, motorcycles, etc. So are homes. So are offices. So are streets. And so on.......
The elements of risk on a flight are not much greater than say on a helicopter or a motorcycle. Statistically that stands.
It is fundamentally anti-American to advocate discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, race, creed, national origin, sex and the like. You may wish it was otherwise, but history and law shows that those who advocate persecution (read "special treatment) based on such categories are not held in high esteem nor do they succeed (or even survive) at the end of the day.
Intolerant societies are ultimately self-undermining and/or self-destructive. In other words, they fail to endure.