4 Jun
2002
4 Jun
'02
3:12 a.m.
At 05:21 PM 6/3/02 -0700, you wrote:
--- Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote:
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
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?