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Originally Posted by Van Rijn
I've come to think of this issue as some kind of pre-9/11 amnesia. Everyone knew that, in the event of a hijacking, you were much more likely to get out alive if you let the hijackers get to whereever they wanted to go. Much of the shock of 9/11 was that these terrorists (not just hijackers) were slamming the planes into buildings. Hijackers take planes somewhere and make demands. Or at least, that's how we thought.
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I wonder if this sudden shift in experience will lead to more of the "taking things into ones own hands" type of response from ordinary people. It scares me when I see reports of GP (genral public) accusing "men of middle eastern appearance" (I wonder how long 'til that becomes MOMEA?) of being terrorrists on flights, delaying, or canceling them while some poor man defends his existance. How long 'til someone decides to "save everybody" by just killing some random MOMEA after takeoff?