Posted on 08/15/2002 7:30:40 AM PDT by MarshMan
MFN-FIRE/EMS: Anne Arundel Co, MD/ Haz-Mat on the Aircraft/ BWI Airport/ Units req several Medic Units and EMS Super/ Mut Aid from Surrounding Co's/ Unknown Chemical/ AA Alarmers enroute. (Nextel Scott) MFN-1
Radio reports approximately 30 patients being deconned at this time.
Elaine : Dr Rumack, Mr Hammond ate fish, and Randy said there are five more cases and they all had fish too.
Rumack : And the Co-Pilot had fish, what did the navigator have?
Elaine : He had fish.
Rumack : Alright, now we know what we're up against. Every passenger on this flight who had fish for dinner will become violently ill in the next half hour ( Oever notices he had fish and begins to come down with the symptoms as they are described )
Elaine : Just how serious is it Doctor?
Rumack : Extremely serious. It starts with a slight fever and dryness of the throat. When the virus penetrates the red blood cells, the victim becomes dizzy begins to experience an itchy rash, then the poison goes to work on the central nervous system, severe muscle spasms followed by the inevitable grueling. At this point, the entire digestive system collapses accompanied by uncontrollable flatulence ( Oever begins to fart ) Until finally, the poor bastard is reduced to a quivering wasted piece of jelly.
You are correct in assuming that (1) I am not Canadian and (2) I have never been to Toronto. And thus I leave I am open to having my preconcieved notions corrected, such is the art of learning. However the original discussion was in reference to a lot of "Terrorist associated activity" coming out of the Toronto/Canada area.
More so then other parts of the country "lately", please note the last word. I came up with a lot more references then three to the Toronto area, this is not to say other parts of the world do not have their own "terrorist" incidents. Or did you also forget the little "Lighting of the shoe" incident by an Iranian teenager?
I am posting a link to a Toronto web site with specifics on the city itself. Diversity seems to be a hot topic there, and while (silly me) French does not seem to be the prodominate language , it comes in a close second.
Toronto Website
The fact remains that as few as 2% of Ontarians are of French (French-Canadian) descent.
"Or did you also forget the little "Lighting of the shoe" incident by an Iranian teenager"
Maybe I am missing something, but were there explosives found in his shoe, or was he hoping that the rubber would spontaneous explode? How can someone lighting a non-burning rubber sole be considered terrorism rather stupidity? Even the kids Dad said as much, basically calling his son an idiot for playing around with the lighter.
Population by First Language (Ths.) | ||||
Source: Statistics Canada, 1996 Census | ||||
TOR | CMA | ON | CA | |
English |
1,281.8 | 2,562.7 | 7,694.6 | 16,890.6 |
French |
28.2 | 52.4 | 479.3 | 6,636.7 |
Chinese |
192.2 | 286.5 | 328.2 | 715.6 |
Italian |
114.1 | 202.4 | 305.2 | 484.5 |
Portuguese |
70.7 | 107.8 | 150.6 | 211.3 |
Spanish |
54.9 | 72.8 | 100.9 | 212.9 |
Polish |
48.1 | 79.6 | 139.6 | 213.4 |
Tamil |
46.9 | 54.3 | 56.4 | 66.8 |
Tagalog (Pilipino) |
40.0 | 58.3 | 67.9 | 133.2 |
Greek |
37.8 | 49.2 | 64.9 | 121.2 |
German |
25.6 | 47.5 | 159.4 | 450.1 |
Vietnamese |
24.0 | 32.3 | 48.8 | 106.5 |
Punjabi |
23.2 | 64.6 | 76.1 | 201.8 |
Persian (Farsi) |
22.7 | 28.5 | 35.1 | 60.3 |
Arabic |
22.1 | 35.5 | 69.2 | 148.6 |
Korean |
18.9 | 24.4 | 29.7 | 54.5 |
Ukrainian |
18.2 | 25.1 | 50.5 | 162.7 |
Russian |
17.4 | 22.9 | 28.7 | 57.5 |
Hungarian |
14.9 | 21.7 | 44.1 | 77.2 |
Gujarati |
14.8 | 24.6 | 28.6 | 45.2 |
Urdu |
14.4 | 24.6 | 29.5 | 39.8 |
Macedonian |
11.4 | 16.4 | 19.0 | 19.3 |
Total Population |
2,363.9 | 4,232.9 | 10,642.8 | 28,528.1 |
As a portion of the population, Toronto is composed of ~1.1% French speaking people.
You see a stupid teenager, I see a terrorist (the father), using his son to test the response of the people on board. I.E. are there Air Marshalls on board, is it possible to do something like this and have enough time to "do the deed". Passing little things like this off to stupidity is going to get us all killed.
Hey, we can fairly agree to disagree on this topic, I don't claim to know every hidy-hole in Toronto, only it's overall character and composition. I hope that we won't see any terrorist activity originating from Toronto, or any other city for that matter. Vigilence is key.
Fregards
Must've been sleepy when I read your post!
BWI is actually in Anne Arundel County, which is truly a world away from our disfunctional neighbor to the north.
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