"Nothing happened on 9/10/2001 either, hoss."
Or on any day since September 11th, 2001 that is remotely comparable.
Lord, I hope none of you ever experience a tornado...lest you life the rest of your lives waiting for it to come tear down your house again.
I'm glad people are paying attention, thats the single best defense "We the People" have.
But this is carrying it to an unfortunate extreme.
Nothing happened.
I disagree. Something happened. It just wasn't fatal. We merely got served.
But BE, you are a security guy. (if you're the same Badeye from PB) You have a different attitude toward the whole situation. Obviously. You are more familiar with procedures behind the scenes than a reporter for the WSJ. You're certainly more familiar than a housewife or non-reg'lar traveller. This reporter can only report what she saw and experienced and was told. The average reader responds to what they have read. We can be alarmed. We can be confident that someone somewhere is doing something to protect us. Or we can be skeptical. And I suppose there are a number of other things we can be. But, you must admit that your airport security experience is not the same as your average Joe. Post 9/11.
Are there holes in our airport security? Should we fear? What should the average person do?
I do not find anything wrong with this reporter reporting her experience. It helps to keep others alert. The last thing we need is complacency. So, she and her husband and other passengers and flight attendants and air marshalls and the pilot were all keeping their eyes open instead of sleeping on that four+ hour flight.
badeye cant see the reason -why- nothing major has happened since 9-11. give up your foolish stubborness, cuz. you cant be that insecure.