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Do, doesn't make me feel safer. PEI folks severely over-reacted.

Unfortunately, I do believe the old man is guilty of being criminally stupid as well. Common sense alone dictates that you don't even mention the word "bomb" around airports. For crying out loud, every single airport I've been in has had signs saying that "all comments about bombs, weapons or hijacking will be taken seriously, and it's a federal offense".

Was he serious in his comment...I doubt it. Did Canadian authorities and Air Canada over-react, hell yeah. Was his comment even implying threat?...certainly not. But that doesn't change that fact that regardless of PC sensibilities, common sense should still be observed.

"I do believe the old man is guilty of being criminally stupid as well"

Criminally stupid? An 81 year old man probably doesn't even know that there are now english words that are politically incorrect. The only criminally stupid individuals here are the supposed security proffesional that couldn't tell their butt from their elbow, let alone find a bomb.