Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Liberty: -- Issues -- Weapons of Mass Distraction Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:26:25 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:25:50 -0400, Werner Hetzner wrote: > >=A0On Sunday, October 12, 2003, at 09:35 PM, Bob Armstrong wrote: > >=A0> >=A0>=A0Have you been flying ?=A0=A0It is total demeaning meaningless= horrendously >=A0>=A0expensive time wasting bullshit . > >=A0I will not disagree with you on this. > But the next time something is >=A0hijacked and people are killed, the demand will be for more= cops. And >=A0if the politicians don't provide more cops, they will be= unelected for >=A0not doing enough. If one of us were the politician, so would= we. Not me . > In a=A0libertarian world we might all be carrying our own guns to= protect >=A0ourselves, but we don't live in that world. I don't believe any airline would allow ordinary passengers to= carry weapons . But they sure as hell would arm the pilots . See http://cosy.com/y01/d0911.htm . > Ridiculing efforts - even=A0feeble ones They are NOT feeble . They are ridiculous offensive sheep= training . > - is not going to get us elected. If we don't get elected >=A0we are unlikely to see a libertarian world. If we are elected as typical lying hypocrites , where's the win= . > You may be correct. It >=A0could all be bullshit. But to the real world it is better than= nothing. >=A0Delusion has value. Bullshit piled . > It may keep the airlines in business. Business necessity will keep the airlines in business . > Ridiculing >=A0efforts most people believe in and demand my make us feel good= but it >=A0will make most people feel bad. You (we) may be right. I don't has as little respect for "most" people as you express= . Most know that most of what is being done is bullshit . >=A0They think we=A0are crackpots. Crackpots are ignored. Most people I know don't think I'm a crackpot . I cause them to think along paths they never knew were there . >=A0The last time the wife and I flew, she was put next to a Muslim= man >=A0with a carry-on, and the Koran he read during the flight. She= was very >=A0nervous the entire flight in spite of airport security. Well , If I'd been sitting next to him , or her , I would= certainly gotten into a flight-long conversation with him , and probably with her . Here's the feedback I sent to Travelocity after my last flying experience . I didn't even mention the shoe silliness . >=A0/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D / fri.aug.20030822 /= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D / >=A0/ 2202 / Travelocity comments : >=A0=A0Stupid force is Brute force . Airport security is a lot of= stupid force . >=A0=A0In Colorado Springs I and my retarded brother I was= accompaning would have >=A0missed our flight , had it been on time , because a security= guy swabbing >=A0and testing EACH golf club in an expensive , extensive set of= the >=A0businessman in front of us . Woods , ok , maybe you could embed= explosives >=A0in one . But irons ? What sort of tek would it take to fake the= head of an >=A0expensive iron ? >=A0An you can't complain because then you know you will be= especially hassled . >=A0I live 1000 meters from the WTC hole ( my vision prompted by it= is >=A0=A0at http://cosy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ ) . >=A0Bin Ladin and Bush have made our country a very unpleasant= place . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/10/13 11:09:32 AM