<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by anrkitec:
FlyAAway,
So am I to understand that your loss would have been prevented had someone stopped IRA members from boarding commercial aircraft with "certain" reading material?
I submit that your own self-imposed sense of fecklessness to have either prevented the loss of those you cared about or bring those responsible to justice make you believe somehow that myself and anyone else who chooses not to share your views are also somehow responsible.
This is a childish argument and you a fool for making it.
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I see no reason to back away from anything stated in the post.
You have every right to say what you said, but I disagree.
You can't begin to know how wrong your assessment of me is.
What exactly is your measure of a man? If I am a coward, what constitutes bravery?. If I am a fool, what is it, exactly, that differentiates you from me? No sarcasm, I am serious. Spell it out.
I am a decorated combat-veteran. My bravery is documented.
If not wanting to lose another friend (yours or mine) to terrorism makes me a fool, so be it. I am very comfortable in my own skin, and am happy to greet the man in the mirror.
I hope the proliferation of attitudes like yours does not lead to the destruction of your cozy little world, but it might. If it is preserved, and I hope it is, you will have a coward and a fool to thank (in part).
The world is still waiting for your perfect solution. Hell, I will even be happy to see your better, but flawed, solution.
What security measures have you proposed that are better?
While my blood boiled, the entire point of the post was to learn if you had lost a friend, or family-member, on 9/11 (or previously), to terrorism.
You failed to answer the question.
If you were to answer in the affirmative, would your attitude change? Would you be comfortable letting your mom, wife, daughter, dad, brother, et al. fly without any restrictions whatsoever? Can you acknowledge that it is in the realm of possiblility that the young man could have been a danger? How can you so blithely believe he could not be?
Will you answer the questions? It is simple "yes" or "no" material. Could you possibly manage to respond without calling me names?
If it makes you feel brave, smart, and quite adult, call me names. Just answer the questions.