http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/09/21/flight.canceled.ap/index.html
The flight didn’t leave until the next morning.
Feel free to add examples, they’re practically everywhere.
Why does the media publicise that stuff? Now the terrorists know that all they have to do to bring the US to a standstill is invest in a few pens, and scribble some Arabic everywhere.
See, there’s a difference between being pussies, and being paranoid loons. This is a case of the latter, not the former. All fed by our friends in power, the Bush Administration and associated pundits who think that being brown and speaking an arabic language is akin to being a terrorist.
Why do we/they feed into this fucked up paranoia by delaying flights and shit? I rarely fly, but when I do fly, I don’t get all nervous and worried about arabs, terrorists, or hijackings. This kind of crap reminds me of that crazy woman who freaked out over a couple arabs who had McDonald’s bags and visited the head occasionally(who of course turned out to be members of a band travelling to SoCal for a gig).
:rolleyes:
Sam
Wow. That really is idiotic. I’m amazed the crew were moronic enough to pay any attention to the lunatic passenger.
Hummm. No specific example, but I think back to my childhood and what we did, versus today with warning labels on everything, stranger danger, etc. We shot each other with BB guns, played lawn darts, stayed out in the neighborhood past midnight. Hell, I was a latchkey kid at age 6, and was home by myself for a couple of hours every afternoon until my Mom got home. Recently a mother got arrested for leaving a 10 year old “home alone” for less than an hour.
I wonder how the human race ever got this far with all the DANGER, READY TO KILL US AT ANY MOMENT everywhere. You’d think we’d have died out and cockroaches would be battling over who got a legitimate purple heart in the war with the sharks.
snort
Dear lord. “Oh god! It’s - Arabic! It looks contemplative in nature! It must be a threat! Call the police! Call John Ashcroft!”
People need to learn how to calm the fuck down. If I’d been on that flight, I would’ve been pissed off beyond any belief.
I know, people get delayed a day because of this shit? Hell no.
Ironically…(bolding mine)
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They’re going to be really embarrassed when it’s translated as the Farsi version of
“There once was a man from Nantucket…”
Good lord.
Or better yet, “All your planes are belong to us. Idiots.”
When I was 5 I walked to school all by myself. No way that would happen in today’s world.
Toys are no longer made of metal.
You can’t smoke anywhere any more.
(Not that all of these changes are bad things)
Skin care products for men.
11 million kids on Prozac.
3-year-olds riding tricycles with helmets.
The “time out”.
Just a short response.
‘Time out’ is a devastatingly effective punishment for our four-year old.
I’ve studied Arabic, but it was only for a semester, a while ago and now I can’t really remember any of it. Except my name. I doodle my name in Arabic at the top of my papers from time to time.
Will keep you updated on any accusations of threat to national security.
Much thanks! 
I must second the “time-out”.
Competitive playground games (dodgeball, red rover) are practically non-existent.
Americans expect wars to have no American casualties whatsoever.
Seriously, it’s like a combination of terrorists (question everything), no personal responsibility (lawsuit happy), and not damaging the self-esteem of little kids.
One flaw with your plan – they don’t have internet access for prisoners at Gitmo.
If its any consolation its ditto for Canadians. I’ll bet no where else in the world are you a bad parent if you allow your kids to ride a bike without a helmet!
Are teeter-totters disappearing in the rest of the world as well ?