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Originally posted by Nachtrafe repare for the worst and hope for the best. Unfortunately, we, in North America are in nature optimistic: don't prepare and at all 'cause there's only the best to come. The funny thing is that we are both debating about a future that neither of us can identify with certainty. Just to push the irony to it's fullest, to have a pessimistic leader in power is really not good to the population: if you plan ahead to counter something ahead of time, you can defuse the
Reeka...You're very welcome. *HUGS*
Terrorist: "I have a box knife and I am hijacking your plane. Praise Allah!"
SkyMarshall: "BLAM!! Join Allah!"
Seems pretty cut and dried to me.
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Blam, bullet keeps going and bust window. Big Blam as a section about 5x5 feet of the airplane explodes because of a rapid decompression and structural failure (let's face it, American inspections standards for structural inspections are amongst the lowests in the Civilized World.
No, Air Marshalls are not a good idea. Yes, They will be wearing plain closes and yes, they can still be IDed and taken out. With 1-2 marshall per flight, that gives the terrorists 1-2 guns (mind you Air Marshall are definitely a better route to take than armed pilots... their job is to fly). Sorry, what you need it real thight security at the airports to ensure that nobody has weapons (weither that body is black, white, yellow, red or brown). Right now the security at airports is on alert. They go mostly after any Arab looking individual (which makes sense given the nature of the attack... but, that will fade away). And people will still be able to make it through with gun and box cutters because we are not willing to let go of our stupid "body protection" rights.
Guess what, taking a plane (or any other transport) is not a right. It's a privilege. So go to that room, undress, and have all your luggaged emptied for inspection.
And for the economy, yep, the slowdown was definitly there before the attack and will continue for about a year. I agree with that. What I'm saying is that this slowdown could've been averted with proper governement involvement in the economy.
It's amazing that people think that the government is doing so much work to help the economy. Yes, they're putting money in the system. Mind you, there not putting enough (that's my opinion) to keep the system stable.
Earlier, I mentioned that we had elites in power that were not able to make the though calls when they where needed. It's ironic that people think that Bush, Congress and the House (just to take the US exemple) are making the though decision. They are not. They are reacting. They are not making though decisions. They are making decisions with the full backing of the population etc etc.
A though decision is proactive (that's before the event). A though decision means that you do not and will not have the support of the population. A though decision means that you will loose vote but it's the right decision for the country...
Yes, I'm pessimistic. That's my nature: danger and people do not support you because they didn't see the danger. What people want is an optimistic governement: you know the kind takes really bad decisions and leads thousands to their deaths before doing anything. Yes, people need to see to believe. Well, they saw, now they believe, governement acts, people forget, people will see again and it will go on like that.
Just to prove to which point it's screwed up (don't worry, we have very similar situations here in Canada), I was watching CNN last week and in a round discussion with a Congressmen who, if I'm not mistaking, was on the Intelligence commitee, a question about "failure of the government to see and act on the threath came up". His response was that we could not put blame on the government or any of it's employees for what happened. According to him,we had no warning signes and we should not look for scapegoats within the government. My jaw just dropped. I could not believe such an idiotic response. The government had plenty of signs: expert warning about potential terrorists attack, known terrorists in the US, warning by Bin Ladden that a strike was coming... They had warning signs, they were just not cleaver enought to put them together. In my book, that's an automatic dismissal. Thanks for you services, here's your pinkslip, golden handshake (100,000$ check to leave) and go find a job at McDonald.
Sorry, I do not believe in second chances. You screwed up, your out. It's harsh but that way, you know that you get and keep the best of the best for a job. Government work should not be stable, secure work. It should be really high paid and extremely unstable and with no security whatsoever. Who do you want to help run your country, an idiot who's in 9-5 with 2 hours of break and that takes his job for granted Or would you prefer a guy that gets paid 2-3 times as much but produces like crazy?
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If I am because I think, then, if I talk without thinking, I'm not really talking! Am I?
[This message has been edited by Ryanamur (edited 09-29-2001).]