SF Joe-

I had another, more caustic answer to your answer but I this stuff is important and I want to treat it as such.

Bottom lise is, I don't buy your argument, which seems to be that since they can't stop everything that could be a threat, they are foolish to stop things such as your cigar cutter. And I sure don't buy the case for relying on Bruno across the aisle to jump up and stop a hijacking. Many of the Brunos I've seen don't know what is meant by "Put your seat in the upright position".

In a nutshell, you and I disagree. We all know that, thanks to the ineffective actions/inactions of our leaders in the past, we have a poor security system. Current leaders are and I hope will continue to try to improve it.

I vote that we all give them the most support we can-if they want me to go to the airport 3 hours early, that's ok, even if I have to wait around for 2.5 hours of that. I can handle that, read a book, take a breath, hope for the future. How about you give up the cigar cutter with a little less indignation?

They're making mistakes, and they will make many more. But hopefully they won't make the mistake of doing nothing, which is the mistake they made that led to 9/11. No system will ever be 100% safe, and any attempt to improve safety will necessarily take away some comfort from innocent bystanders.

At the heart of our disagreement is that I will welcome that, while it seems you'll still be annoyed.



[This message has been edited by Mountain Trader (edited 12-05-2001).]