When stuff like this happens, I am embarassed that I share a nationality with these idiots who got all scared.

1.) When it's your time to go, its your time. You're foolish to think otherwise.

2) The isreali's have been dealing with terrorism for years and cant stop it. Do they stop living their lives, eating out, going to clubs, riding busses, or flying? No. The risk is miniscule. How many airline passengers have been moved since commerical air flight began in the US? Billions. How many have died on airliners because of hijackings? A couple hundred.

3) Do these idiots that were on the flight and got all wigged out really think that the next time it happens, its gonna be done by an arab guy that's holding a Qur'an and looks like OBL? Or that it will be done by a chick in a burka? Come on. The next time islamic fundamantalists try to execute an act of terror, it's gonna be done by someone who looks like the rest of us. Probably a white guy dressed in jeans, flip-flops and a tshirt who happens to be a fundamantalist, or is down on his luck and got paid $2Million to do it.

Seriously, if it does happen again, or is attempted again, its not gonna be the same setup. 5 Arab guys sitting in first class.... come on.

But I do agree that US Airways has the right to refuse service, and no one has a constitutional right to fly. USAir refunded their tickets and asked them to fly another carrier. I think the PR could have been better handeled on US Air's part. They just looked bad. Instead, US Air should have either offered to accomidate the uncomfortable passengers by putting them on another flight/carrier, or removed the 'offending' passengers, put them on a later flight, given 'em an upgrade and blamed the whole mess on the other passengers - who would be long gone in the system at that point. US Air dosent have to defend its other passengers. That's not it's job. Moving people around the country is its job. It was just badly handeled all the way around.

Holy crap, read a book people. McVeigh and Co were not blowing up the building to serve God. They were pissed at the government for Waco.

When did anyone bring up motivations?

Timothy McVeigh acted out of his disapproval for the US Government's handling of the Waco situation.....not as if it were some mission from God. I think that is a poor analogy. Last time I checked....I haven't heard much about white male Christians from the US driving airplanes into sky scrapers and blowing things up in the name of God.

Nah... instead you have a white male christian who blows up countries, all while claiming 'God' talks to him...

Oh ok.......you're an idiot.

I don't necessarily agree with the point, I was just restating it, but the motivation didn't matter, simply the act. There's no rational reason for us to fear flying, but many people do. Driving a car is still less safe, but more people feel safe doing it. We're not always rational so demanding rationality 100% of the time will never work.

Considering the background of the Waco incident as well as McVeigh's survivalist roots, I think you may have the right conclusion via some ironic evidence.

Since we are posting quotes now:

"The beaver, which has come to represent Canada as the eagle does the United States and the lion Britain, is a flat-tailed, slow-witted, toothy rodent known to bite off it's own testicles or to stand under its own falling trees."

:D I always liked that quote by June Callwood, it's carved above the bar that is nearest to my cottage... ummm but I fail to see what that has to do with anything in this thread :confused:

I don't know if this has been addressed or not, but a transcript of one of the black boxes (or something of that nature) was floating around the internet... I read it and to be honest it was very very creepy.

I wouldn't fly US Airways/America West anyway because their service sucks. :)

Hey...watch who you're saying sucks, they pay my brother's paycheck...oh wait, you're right, the service does suck. Horribly. Never mind, carry on. Either way my bro gets paid! :D

Out of curiosity, link for the transcript?

If only we could get creepy guys who write hazing porn to stop posting stupid shit on GC, we could dispense with moderators altogether.

Centaur...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/september1...753157,00.html