Joe R. wrote:
At 08:56 PM 8/6/04 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 19:59, Steve Thatcher wrote:
>
>>eyeglass screwdrivers and even nail files were taken off the list later
last year. The people that are there are doing their
job and are not given
the ability to make decisions and exceptions on their own. People making
exceptions and doing their own security thing on 9/11 resulted in thousands
of dead people.
>No, what actually caused the deaths is people being
taught to be passive
>sheep in case of a hijacking.
Amen!
Indeed, but to be fair those passengers had no idea what the hijackers
planned, once the real situation became know the passengers DID try and
do something. And since then attempts to hijack planes HAVE been
prevented by passenger intervention by probably the best security
available : self preservation.
-- HansP