Sylvia Else wrote:
> Jeßus wrote:
>> Sylvia Else wrote:
>>> Stealth Pilot wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:51:21 +1000, Sylvia Else
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I was trying to find out what happened to various people who
>>>>> allegedly made bomb jokes. Unfortunately, the links I had for the
>>>>> original reports of arrest seem mostly to have disappeared, so I
>>>>> don't know what to look for.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, here's one that's still widely reported
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/08/11/2003063201
>>>>>
>>>>> From the article:
>>>>>
>>>>> "A passenger who witnessed the incident told NY1 News, however,
>>>>> that the pilot appeared to be making a joke. "Apparently one of the
>>>>> co-pilots got testy at the security and didn't like getting
>>>>> searched so much, and said, 'Well, what do you think, I have a bomb
>>>>> on me?'"
>>>>>
>>>>> You can any number of references to this incident, but none that
>>>>> describe the outcome. If the situation went down as described
>>>>> there, I'd expect that the case was thrown out. Anyone have any
>>>>> more definite information?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sylvia.
>>>>
>>>> I believe a chap or two in WA is presently a guest of HM for bomb
>>>> threats while drunk in an airport lounge.
>>>> serving in geraldton I believe.
>>>>
>>>> Stealth (or so his mate told me) Pilot
>>>
>>> People making real bomb threats, even if they're drunk, deserve
>>> everything they get.
>
> Disagree.
> I think I'd rather have actual bomb threats than this extreme, rampant
> paranoia where people get locked away for words coming out of their
mouths.
>
> Such threats are very disruptive.
So are a lot of things, doesn't mean we have to lock down our lives, nor
that we need to do anything about it.
--
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
- Epicurus |