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[bryant]

Not very surprisingly, the Syrian band that freaked out Anne Jacobsen has been identified. Despite this, the usual suspects are still up in arms. From National Review Online:

That means that our air-traffic system was expecting trouble. But rather than land the plane in Las Vegas or Omaha, it was allowed to continue on to Los Angeles without interruption, as if everything were hunky-dory on board. It certainly wasn't. If this had been the real thing, and the musicians had instead been terrorists, nothing was stopping them from taking control of the plane or assembling a bomb in the restroom. Given the information they were working with at the time, almost everyone should have reacted differently than they did.

But... everything was hunky-dory on board. The band was a band. Saying "but they might have been terrorists" is silly, because they weren't. You might as well say, with as much justification, "but what if Anne Jacobsen had been a terrorist?" Nothing was stopping her from taking control of the plane either.

My god. Any passenger could potentially be a terrorist! We've got to just shut down all commercial travel. It's the only way to be sure.

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[that-cad.livejournal.com]

Clearly, what we Americans need is protection from ourselves. We, the people, cannot be trusted.

[head58.livejournal.com]

There's a great piece on Salon today about her and her wackiness.

"Terrorists could learn to play instruments and call themselves a band to avoid suspicion." Clearly the only answer here is to only allow white folk on planes! They'd never do anything wrong.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

No white people! They'd bring accordions on planes and threaten to start playing until their demands were met! Our children must be made safe!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

She's spreading terror. Sounds like a terrorist to me!

[triqster.livejournal.com]

Flying is a privilege not a right. You should be willing to be stripped, searched, drugged, chained, scanned, and loaded into the airplane like sacks of potato in order to safely and securely reach your destination. It's the only way to be absolutely sure.

:)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

We've got to just shut down all commercial travel. It's the only way to be sure.

It's true! The FAA ground stop worked perfectly on September 12!