Originally Posted by boondoggie
...The only solution is to keep the terrorists off the plane. That's going to require some sort of background check/licensing procedure to make it safe. The authorities are going to have to investigate air travellers and find out if they are a risk. Right now, anyone with money and an id can buy an airplane ticket. That just can't continue.
That's a horrible situation, but can anyone think of another solution?
Good grief, are you serious? Setting aside for the moment all the legitimate concerns about an intrusive police state, how about the opportunities afforded by identity theft? Just kill some upstanding citizen and assume his identity. Problem solved, right? Not all that hard to get an ID in his name, and it might take forever for the "authorities" (
) to learn that he's dead, if ever.
Bruce