OT about airport security

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue Jun 4 10:12:20 2002

At 05:21 PM 6/3/02 -0700, you wrote:
>
>--- Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com> wrote:
>> Ok, I didn't want to have to make a thread about this, but...
>>
>> You may not like it, but 100% of the guys who blew up the Murrah Federal
>> Building in Oklahoma City were White and Christian. So how come we
>> aren't insisting on checking the backgrounds of every white Christian
>> that tries to rent a U-Haul or buy fertilizer?
>
>Sounds good to me. I don't see why that isn't a good idea, too.
>
>As a small-plane pilot, I want to know (he says sarcastically) why
>there was such a big deal about little-bitty planes for a month
>after 9/11, but there *wasn't* a big deal about renting trucks after
>either the WTC truck bomb or OKC. I mean I was *not* allowed to
>hop in a plane and exercise my authority to fly an airplane for *weeks*,
>but right after either truck bomb, any yahoo with a driver's license
>could still rent a truck. Not even restricted for one day.
>
>If all pilots are suspect, why aren't all truck renters?


   It really makes you wonder, especially considering how little damage a small plane is capable of. Look at the guy that crashed his into the White House a couple of years ago with no effect. Same thing with the one that recently crashed into the buildings in Tampa and Italy. They did very little damage.

    Joe
Received on Tue Jun 04 2002 - 10:12:20 BST