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**Inettypofonee** · 09-02-2010, 12:19 AM

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This is exactly the kind of things that worries me about this fantasy scenario.

And just think about this, "the authorities refuse to act".

Look, we are living in the post-911 age. Where somebody darting past a security screening shuts down an airport for hours. Where just the suspicion of "Terrorist Activity" brings in everything short of an M1 tank and an air strike to bring the perps down. And I am supposed to believe that the Government will refuse to act?

The more I hear of the scenario, the more I hear "psychotic paranoid individual". The authorities are refusing to act, because the individual learned about the attack from the neighbor's dog. And they are doing nothing because the individual is clearly a nutcase.

Let's put this in a perspective you might just understand. Let's say you meet a man who has a 23 year old son who has become a rather radical Muslim, has taken Al Qaeda training in Yemen and has expressed a desire to kill infidels. His father has reported him to the authorities, but they have not revoked his visa, nor put him on a no-fly list. You see him in a rest room at the Amsterdam airport stuffing a package into his underware. What do you do? The authorities have already shown a disinterest. Running to security is pointless.

09-02-2010, 12:19 AM	#32
Inettypofonee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 357 Senior Member	High 5 This is exactly the kind of things that worries me about this fantasy scenario. And just think about this, "the authorities refuse to act". Look, we are living in the post-911 age. Where somebody darting past a security screening shuts down an airport for hours. Where just the suspicion of "Terrorist Activity" brings in everything short of an M1 tank and an air strike to bring the perps down. And I am supposed to believe that the Government will refuse to act? The more I hear of the scenario, the more I hear "psychotic paranoid individual". The authorities are refusing to act, because the individual learned about the attack from the neighbor's dog. And they are doing nothing because the individual is clearly a nutcase. Let's put this in a perspective you might just understand. Let's say you meet a man who has a 23 year old son who has become a rather radical Muslim, has taken Al Qaeda training in Yemen and has expressed a desire to kill infidels. His father has reported him to the authorities, but they have not revoked his visa, nor put him on a no-fly list. You see him in a rest room at the Amsterdam airport stuffing a package into his underware. What do you do? The authorities have already shown a disinterest. Running to security is pointless.
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