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BTW, I don't believe what he did was O.K. (as I have also repeated several times). What I believe is that he's only responsible for what he did, not the out-of-control actions of others.

Yet, you consistently fail to see that his actions caused the reaction. Given the society we live in today you don't see that Airport Security did the right thing? Really?

If he had gotten on a plane and threatened to blow it up with a bomb and Airport Security hadn't pursued him you have to admit you'd be criticizing the security folks for NOT doing what they did.

That's my point. We *don't* know what people are thinking when they run through security, take a bunch of knives through like that idiot Subash Garong did several weeks back at O'Hare. He said it was an accident. Oh really? And how do we know that, take his word for it? (The same way we're expected to take this guy's word for why he ran through security?)

BTW: What did you think of that incident? Did security do the "right thing" by letting him go through after they confiscated a bunch of knives but not searching the rest of his bags?

Here's two incidents of one extreme to another. Do nothing like what happened at O'Scare, and the Federal Government seizes control of Airport Security. Do Everything (pursue, arrest, etc..) and get criticized. Damn'ed if they do, damn'ed if they don't.

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If that's your criteria, then surely you could see how having ACTUAL security might be a good thing. Not a huge circle-jerk that costs a tremendous amount of money, but adds little. All that, and effectively he got away. Perhaps they should have closed down Georgia instead?

I'm not in favor of "do something" policy.

Regardless, the basic argument was whether he should be personally financially liable for all of that. I believe not. I think he should be liable for what he did, not what others did - especially when it does not both obviously and reasonably follow. If they had closed down the entire state of Georgia, would the costs of that also appropriately be charged to him?

We still have the question as to whether or not he actually compromised security...note that he was not charged with such, only with his actions having caused other to freak out.