The terrorists have won.

I only see it getting worse and I see no way to avoid it. The government can only prosper from it and there aren't enough critical thinkers left to raise oh holy hell about it.
 
Easy bit of flippancy. Now, tell us what you think the solution is and what you will do to actually effect real change in our currently obvious course?
 
Easy bit of flippancy. Now, tell us what you think the solution is and what you will do to actually effect real change in our currently obvious course?
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Dare I say, profiling:eek:
behavior, ethnic, and religious profiling:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
and if they didn't do it, and something did happen, then GoSlash27 would be monday morning quarterbacking and blaming Bush for it:rolleyes: !
 
I'm confused.

Liquids are banned from carry-ons, but empty bottles aren't, are they?

And the lavatories still have faucets, right?

They still serve bubbly liquids in flight, right?
 
Yes but you're not to drink the water that comes out of those faucets...I've heard there's stuff in there that you just don't want to drink. That, and the faucet is usually so close to the rest of the sink that you probably couldn't fit a bottle. Odds are that they snuck it onboard despite the many warnings, probings, searches & such. But as long as we're safer..:barf:

Maybe since it's so hard to get out of your window seat and over the 2 cramped people between yourself & the aisle they were simply makin 'trucker bombs' :D.
 
DHS knows about the dangers of water - and you're lucky they do. They know what a terrorist - probably named Akmed - will do if he's allowed to get on board with his bottle of water. They know that he'll slip into the restroom and will - using typical sneaky terrorist tricks - produce some heavy water. Akmed, using his IPOD, the sink and the toilet as cascading electrolysis chambers will produce semi-heavy water. Once Akmed has enough semi-heavy water it'll produce heavy water as the atoms start trading off, they'll have a sink full of heavy water. Akmed, having done his job will leave the restroom and Abdul will come in. Abdul, using the heavy water that Akmed produced will hook up his heavy water-moderated reactor he's hidden in his shaving kit and start the production of tritium. Abdul, having produced some tritium leaves the restroom and in steps Ahmed, Akmeds half-brother by marriage to a camel. Ahmed is the smart one. I won't go into detail of how it's done, but Ahmed has the know how to assemble a thermonuclear device in the restroom. You know what they'll do with the device once Ahmed has it assembled.
Remember, this began with a simple bottle of water being taking on the plane. No water allowed on board, no terrorists building a nuke in the restroom.
 
Speaking of camels, have you ever noticed how much Charles Schumer looks like a beardless Bin Laden? Something fishy there.

badbob
 
The terrorists did not win.

The following people lost their fight with stupidity:
a crew member
Police,
firefighters
the bomb squad
And any one else who responded to this clown show for any reason other than to state how ridiculous everyone was acting.
 
2nd,
I suppose you're right. One should take this threat seriously. After all, look at what water did to New Orleans just last year. It's so deadly that the accidental inhalation of even a thimbleful can kill...

I was under the impression that the act of creating a binary liquid explosive on an airplane was so difficult to accomplish that it'd be easier to just go ahead and try to sneak an m-80 on board.
As I understand it, the 25 I mean 20 I mean 15 plotters involved were nowhere near operationally ready to carry out this attack, despite what you heard at the time. I have noticed that occasionally not everything my elected leaders tell me is...you know...true.
What would I do differently? I suppose the first step would be exactly what I'm doing right now; pointing out that we're (and by "we" I mean Americans in general) acting like a buncha ninnies. Frightened, panicky sheeple. And then I would say this:

It is no accident that you're all worked up over this so-called "threat". Your government and the media have worked very hard to get you to this state. You might want to sit down and think about why they're messing with your head.
To that end, I'd add some food for thought:
The administration did not have to hold a press conference about this and alarm you...but they did. They could have simply instituted a few more screening procedures without raising a fuss, yet they chose not to do that.
They could have made a few arrests quietly, yet they chose not to.
When asked why, they said it's because they wanted to remind us of the threat. How very true.
The terrorists wanted us peeing our pants in abject fear. They might not have succeeded, but it appears our government and media have managed to accomplish this for them.
After all, the terrorists aren't the only ones who benefit from your fear.

I've got to go now. Water is actually falling from the sky!! :eek: Better grab my duct tape and hide under the bed. Somebody inform DHS to raise the terror alert level.
 
*scratches head*

Maybe one of us has misunderstood the other, Slash? I agree with you that the terrorists have won: They have instilled fear and paranoia in us and thus altered and restricted our lives. Mission accomplished. It's absurd, pathetic and sadly predictable.
 
:D :D :D
Ducttape:D :D :D

Really though, a war on "terrorism"?
Terrorism is a tactic, not a tangible enemy that can be fought.
 
Really though, a war on "terrorism"?
Terrorism is a tactic, not a tangible enemy that can be fought.
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That's why Bush and Co. changed the name to "The Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism", so far this hasn't stuck so I'm sure they're looking for a new catchy slogan. Don't believe me? He's an article about the name change http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/26/news/terror.php

I think they realized that the "war" thing has been worn out by the "War on Drugs", "War on Fat" and "The Grocery Store Wars" (aka The Organic Rebellion). War isn't a term that evokes the same passion as it did in previous generations, they've worn it out.
 
2nd,
I wasn't snarking at you per se. You just asked me what I'm gonna do to help change the situation and this is about all I can do at the moment.
I guess what I'm saying is that flippancy has it's uses.
 
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