Re: [CH] If you want to enjoy your endorphin rush, it is helpful to be alive.

T (joemama@ticino.com)
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:49:30 +0200

>We've been a "free" country for so long that the new measures are not
>something we're used to & many find them upsetting.

Actually, the US has had more stringent measures, and longer check-in waits,
than Europe as long as I've been flying back and forth.  I found them bad
enough before.

> I'm Very Sorry anybody thinks these measures are anything but necessary.
> But you know what, you all need to reread the post below. If my showing up
> at Logan 2 & 1/2 hours before my flight so they can check my rectum for
C4,
> I'll do it without a complaint.

To quote Ben Franklin:

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

Tom

P.S.  None of the 9/11 hijackers was carrying anything that was not
permitted.