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Post #110,789

7/21/03 10:06:04 PM

Acting obtuse?

It's not a role that suits you.

Or are you discounting that I said this -

He calls it political speech but from what I read, it was more in the nature of a self promoting advertisement.

I thought that was pretty clear.

Given that, if the same circumstances occurred and his pin was as you suggest, *then* I would have a problem.

Not in this case.

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Post #110,829

7/22/03 6:07:19 AM

It's like crazy Aunt Martha

..nobody's supposed to Notice she's in the corner, cutting up the furniture and drooling.

The "Terrorist" bugaboo has become the Anything Goes mantra for - ANY Assholish thing (including confiscation of nail clippers!) wink-wink nudge-nudge. All to give the illusion of Doing Something, however bizarrely irrelevant to any actual Terrorist Plot 2003 remotely capable of succeeding within a plane full of people [other than quadriplegics] who are -

WELL FUCKING MINUTELY-AWARE OF 9/11 D'Oh

So this guy merely states the Obvious on his button: We Are Presumed Terrorists First and Treated As Such\ufffd YES, Murican *transportation* guardians are indeed behaving with arrant stupidity -- but we aren't supposed to say so:

Shaking down 80 yo grandmothers (fat chance with a BOX full of nailclippers or BOX-knives.) Look a bit Semitic ? Er are you Bluish, Sir? You make our WASP Captain nervous - see, he lives in a Gated Community and you *coloreds* make him a bit unbalanced. You know how it is.. He used to live in the South before them uppity.. so, if he's nervous, well - Get Your Ass off this Murican Conveyance, you fucking nervous-making unMurican wog.

It's racist, it's Silly; it brings out the worst in the fear-besotted but brain deficient - and tries to glorify the whole inane schmeer. Worst of all - it's now so often Simply Stupid. A 'sharp' fucking Medal of Honor: shall I throw it in with the nail clippers, sir? Sir? Sir!

Pshaw.
Herd hysteria as only Muricans can wallow in to such extremes. (while feeling Good about our 'Vigilance' - that which is so lacking in imagination as to be missing much more Likely approaches, while rote looking for exact replays)

Yada & Yada. If that's obtuse: I'm It. But WTF - fly Loony Tunes if you must. Til the mere Spam-in-a-Can packaging and disdain for paying customers reduces all flights to the occasional necessity and those Bizness/Golf conference things. As they drop out one at a time. (You think I'm the only one who finds our so-typical overreaction ludicrous?)

I'll walk or drive - until we commence the strip searches | drive naked before entering the Interstate. 3 years in one of those new prisons, our main construction industry of recent years - for "evasion with a loincloth" (Probably in Texas first, land of Induhvidual Rights - right?)

Ashton
meanwhile - SSShhhhhhh..
What Aunt Martha?

Man kicked off plane for political button - (lincoln) - (182) - July 21, 2003, 06:29:23 PM EDT

I take it that this is like - (orion) - (50) - July 21, 2003, 07:27:51 PM EDT

Doesn't sound like it to me, though... -NT - (imric) - July 21, 2003, 07:33:26 PM EDT

You. Would. -NT - (Ashton) - (48) - July 21, 2003, 07:55:15 PM EDT

Re: You. Would. - (rcareaga) - (47) - July 22, 2003, 11:02:12 PM EDT

that noise represents 70+% of Amerikan voters :( -NT - (boxley) - (7) - July 22, 2003, 11:04:22 PM EDT

OK then.. what % of the plurality: the non-voters? -NT - (Ashton) - (6) - July 22, 2003, 11:07:26 PM EDT

even larger :( - (boxley) - (5) - July 22, 2003, 11:13:15 PM EDT

I see only one solution, then. - (Ashton) - (3) - July 22, 2003, 11:25:42 PM EDT

No, Je refuse!!! we are responsable for our fellow man - (boxley) - July 22, 2003, 11:37:11 PM EDT

How ironic. - (FuManChu) - (1) - July 23, 2003, 12:24:26 AM EDT

Heh.. My Father has many liquids___er 'solutions' :-\ufffd -NT - (Ashton) - July 23, 2003, 01:34:52 AM EDT

Re: even larger :( - (Nightowl) - July 23, 2003, 12:05:24 AM EDT

I confess that I vacillate on that one - (Ashton) - July 22, 2003, 11:19:37 PM EDT

I have a friend - (FuManChu) - July 23, 2003, 12:25:44 AM EDT

Re: You. Would. - (Nightowl) - (36) - July 23, 2003, 12:53:21 AM EDT

Listen to yourself - (rcareaga) - (35) - July 23, 2003, 01:16:34 AM EDT

Re: Listen to yourself - (Nightowl) - (34) - July 23, 2003, 01:24:45 AM EDT

Re: Listen to yourself - (pwhysall) - (1) - July 23, 2003, 01:26:00 AM EDT

Re: Listen to yourself - (Nightowl) - July 23, 2003, 01:43:27 AM EDT

Re: Listen to yourself - (rcareaga) - (31) - July 23, 2003, 09:50:01 AM EDT

I am not going away - (orion) - (30) - July 23, 2003, 12:11:26 PM EDT

Re: I am not going away - (Nightowl) - (29) - July 23, 2003, 12:49:09 PM EDT

Exactly - (orion) - (28) - July 23, 2003, 01:12:28 PM EDT

Red Flag? - (pwhysall) - (27) - July 24, 2003, 07:48:11 AM EDT

ICLRPD (new thread) - (folkert) - July 24, 2003, 10:57:58 AM EDT

Must be the "Purloined Letter" theory of covert ops... -NT - (admin) - (25) - July 24, 2003, 11:00:43 AM EDT

or cf the movie, "Charade" - for the non-reader. -NT - (Ashton) - (24) - July 24, 2003, 04:59:55 PM EDT

Re: the movie, "Charade" - (rcareaga) - (19) - July 24, 2003, 06:26:28 PM EDT

Oh me oh my... - (folkert) - (2) - July 24, 2003, 06:30:18 PM EDT

Re: Oh me oh my... - (rcareaga) - (1) - July 24, 2003, 06:48:23 PM EDT

Well Kate was the poster child for Zappa's Dynamo Hum - (boxley) - July 24, 2003, 11:35:53 PM EDT

Good story. He was right! -NT - (deSitter) - (15) - July 24, 2003, 09:12:58 PM EDT

Re: Good story. He was right! - (rcareaga) - (14) - July 24, 2003, 09:16:45 PM EDT

Re: Good story. He was right! - (deSitter) - (13) - July 24, 2003, 09:35:47 PM EDT

Well.. about Audrey I could tell you. - (Ashton) - (5) - July 24, 2003, 10:07:31 PM EDT

Re: Well.. about Audrey I could tell you. - (deSitter) - (3) - July 24, 2003, 10:29:42 PM EDT

Audrey? *Bitchy*? - (rcareaga) - (2) - July 24, 2003, 10:42:26 PM EDT

Re: Audrey? *Bitchy*? - (rcareaga) - (1) - July 24, 2003, 11:31:45 PM EDT

Re: Audrey? *Bitchy*? - (deSitter) - July 25, 2003, 07:46:18 AM EDT

My brother, a movie addict, named one daughter Katharine. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - July 24, 2003, 10:17:34 PM EDT

Philadelphia story was a damn good movie AND play. - (admin) - July 24, 2003, 10:24:55 PM EDT

Geez! Where to begin? - (rcareaga) - (5) - July 24, 2003, 10:25:54 PM EDT

PS re the Other Hepburn - (Ashton) - (3) - July 25, 2003, 01:12:05 AM EDT

Re: PS re the Other Hepburn - (rcareaga) - (2) - July 25, 2003, 01:18:56 AM EDT

BTW - Audrey's US postage stamps are out! - (Ashton) - (1) - July 25, 2003, 01:37:46 AM EDT

Re: BTW - Audrey's US postage stamps are out! - (Nightowl) - July 25, 2003, 01:53:03 AM EDT

34 for me... - (admin) - July 25, 2003, 09:11:10 AM EDT

Ok, that's the tangent limit people - (drewk) - (3) - July 25, 2003, 09:29:37 AM EDT

Oh.. -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - July 25, 2003, 03:15:09 PM EDT

Oh..______Kay..______then -NT - (Ashton) - July 25, 2003, 03:16:35 PM EDT

Belings in Politics, Man Ejected Off Plane for Button (new thread) - (orion) - July 25, 2003, 03:29:55 PM EDT

Wondering if pilots, aircrews are selected for general - (Ashton) - (31) - July 21, 2003, 07:54:39 PM EDT

Re: Wondering if pilots, aircrews are selected for general - (deSitter) - (28) - July 21, 2003, 11:25:54 PM EDT

Contentious LRPD: "That's what Brian Boitano'd do!" -NT - (Ashton) - July 22, 2003, 06:16:25 AM EDT

At which point, - (jb4) - (26) - July 22, 2003, 05:28:03 PM EDT

At a guess - (hnick) - (25) - July 22, 2003, 06:15:14 PM EDT

Well, Hugh - that is indeed the pragmatic approach. - (Ashton) - (2) - July 22, 2003, 06:34:11 PM EDT

Seems sort of boolean to come from you - (hnick) - (1) - July 23, 2003, 01:23:28 PM EDT

OW!___rilly know how to Hurt a Guy :( - (Ashton) - July 23, 2003, 05:11:22 PM EDT

Re: At a guess - (deSitter) - (16) - July 22, 2003, 08:00:38 PM EDT

Please tell me that's just flame bait. - (mmoffitt) - (15) - July 23, 2003, 09:48:50 AM EDT

Re: Please tell me that's just flame bait. - (deSitter) - (14) - July 23, 2003, 09:55:43 AM EDT

Huh, didn't know that Timothy McVeigh looked Semitic... -NT - (inthane-chan) - (5) - July 23, 2003, 10:32:46 AM EDT

He doesn't! - (deSitter) - (3) - July 23, 2003, 10:37:09 AM EDT

Well, that's the problem. - (inthane-chan) - (2) - July 23, 2003, 10:38:55 AM EDT

Re: Well, that's the problem. - (deSitter) - (1) - July 23, 2003, 10:50:10 AM EDT

Re: Well, that's the problem. - (deSitter) - July 23, 2003, 09:16:53 PM EDT

Re: Huh, didn't know that Timothy McVeigh looked Semitic... - (Nightowl) - July 23, 2003, 10:50:03 AM EDT

They asked for it? How? by being the wrong color? - (mmoffitt) - (7) - July 23, 2003, 10:50:00 AM EDT

Nope - by being from the wrong part of Earth - (deSitter) - (6) - July 23, 2003, 10:53:17 AM EDT

Are you reading as you're typing? - (mmoffitt) - (1) - July 23, 2003, 11:00:22 AM EDT

Re: Are you reading as you're typing? - (deSitter) - July 23, 2003, 11:04:28 AM EDT

Civilization and life - (mhuber) - (3) - July 26, 2003, 09:22:38 PM EDT

It does come down to that, doesn't it. - (Ashton) - (1) - July 27, 2003, 07:12:59 AM EDT

Re: no historical perspective - (a6l6e6x) - July 27, 2003, 06:50:51 PM EDT

People who think 2 lives per day is too many - (Arkadiy) - July 27, 2003, 08:55:39 PM EDT

Hugh, the asshole in this thing was the PILOT - (jb4) - (4) - July 23, 2003, 06:32:05 PM EDT

Utterly wrong - (deSitter) - (3) - July 23, 2003, 08:58:49 PM EDT

Brains, common sense are always useful. -NT - (Ashton) - (2) - July 24, 2003, 03:39:45 AM EDT

Absolutely - might also be a firing offense though - (hnick) - July 24, 2003, 07:25:53 AM EDT

And, increasingly, conspicuous by their absence! -NT - (jb4) - July 24, 2003, 04:51:24 PM EDT

Most commercial pilots are former military - (jb4) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 05:25:50 PM EDT

Explanation tested: found complete. Danke. -NT - (Ashton) - July 22, 2003, 06:51:34 PM EDT

Am sympathetic, but there is a flaw. - (mmoffitt) - July 21, 2003, 08:28:51 PM EDT

Oh come on. - (Silverlock) - (94) - July 22, 2003, 09:56:02 PM EDT

OK - how about '?W' buttons then.. or 'Impeach Bush' ? -NT - (Ashton) - (2) - July 21, 2003, 09:35:07 PM EDT

Acting obtuse? - (Silverlock) - (1) - July 21, 2003, 10:06:04 PM EDT

It's like crazy Aunt Martha - (Ashton) - July 22, 2003, 06:07:19 AM EDT

Huh? - (broomberg) - (7) - July 21, 2003, 09:57:53 PM EDT

You equating this with discrimination? - (Silverlock) - (3) - July 21, 2003, 10:26:23 PM EDT

Re: You equating this with discrimination? - (jb4) - (2) - July 22, 2003, 05:34:20 PM EDT

All riiiighty then. - (Silverlock) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 09:21:26 PM EDT

One's lack of imagination is not criminal... - (jb4) - July 23, 2003, 06:44:09 PM EDT

In Joisey, (where else) two dreadlocked fellers - (boxley) - (2) - July 21, 2003, 10:49:37 PM EDT

..and pull your pants up! -NT - (deSitter) - (1) - July 21, 2003, 11:26:40 PM EDT

.. and cut off that sissy ponytail - might conceal Stuff -NT - (Ashton) - July 22, 2003, 11:08:34 PM EDT

I thought you supported the Dixie Chicks? - (SpiceWare) - (79) - July 21, 2003, 10:57:19 PM EDT

Yeah, me too - but then - (Ashton) - July 22, 2003, 06:12:17 AM EDT

Huh? - (Silverlock) - (77) - July 22, 2003, 08:52:16 AM EDT

Re: Huh? - (SpiceWare) - (76) - July 22, 2003, 09:38:46 AM EDT

You quote yourself - (Silverlock) - (75) - July 22, 2003, 10:38:39 AM EDT

I refer to an article - (SpiceWare) - (74) - July 22, 2003, 10:52:14 AM EDT

One more time. - (Silverlock) - (73) - July 22, 2003, 11:04:12 AM EDT

Re: One more time. - (Nightowl) - (46) - July 22, 2003, 11:16:24 AM EDT

No, no and no - (drewk) - (32) - July 22, 2003, 11:45:00 AM EDT

Re: No, no and no - (Nightowl) - (31) - July 22, 2003, 11:53:55 AM EDT

do you moo when you go to the airport? - (boxley) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 12:31:17 PM EDT

Re: do you moo when you go to the airport? - (Nightowl) - July 22, 2003, 12:36:33 PM EDT

I also haven't been trampled by any elephants since 9/11 - (drewk) - (8) - July 22, 2003, 03:12:06 PM EDT

ROFL! -NT - (jb4) - July 22, 2003, 05:53:18 PM EDT

Re: I also haven't been trampled by any elephants since 9/11 - (Nightowl) - (6) - July 22, 2003, 10:29:29 PM EDT

Why are you afraid of crashing Airplanes? - (boxley) - (5) - July 22, 2003, 10:48:29 PM EDT

Re: Why are you afraid of crashing Airplanes? - (Nightowl) - (4) - July 22, 2003, 11:07:17 PM EDT

Boxish to English translation. - (Another Scott) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 11:17:47 PM EDT

Re: Boxish to English translation. - (Nightowl) - July 22, 2003, 11:59:22 PM EDT

Well do you cower in fear that cars, and cows crash into - (boxley) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 11:22:00 PM EDT

Re: Well do you cower in fear that cars, and cows crash into - (Nightowl) - July 23, 2003, 12:12:50 AM EDT

You have an interesting sense of history - (jb4) - (18) - July 22, 2003, 05:52:01 PM EDT

Re: You have an interesting sense of history - (Nightowl) - (17) - July 22, 2003, 10:26:12 PM EDT

Out of the mouths of - - (Ashton) - (16) - July 22, 2003, 11:05:05 PM EDT

Re: Out of the mouths of - - (Nightowl) - (15) - July 22, 2003, 11:18:30 PM EDT

Two words re safe sheep____lamb chops -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 11:31:46 PM EDT

Re: Two words re safe sheep____lamb chops - (Nightowl) - July 23, 2003, 12:22:29 AM EDT

Dear God... - (rcareaga) - (5) - July 23, 2003, 12:39:43 AM EDT

Re: Dear God... - (Nightowl) - (1) - July 23, 2003, 12:45:00 AM EDT

Re: Dear God... - (rcareaga) - July 23, 2003, 12:51:49 AM EDT

Re: Dear God... - (Nightowl) - (2) - July 23, 2003, 12:50:54 AM EDT

nightowl wonders - (rcareaga) - (1) - July 23, 2003, 01:01:58 AM EDT

Re: nightowl wonders - (Nightowl) - July 23, 2003, 01:10:23 AM EDT

NO... what I meant was... - (jb4) - (6) - July 23, 2003, 06:57:11 PM EDT

Re: NO... what I meant was... - (Nightowl) - (2) - July 23, 2003, 08:58:18 PM EDT

AHAH! an almost tenured professor - (boxley) - (1) - July 24, 2003, 11:43:05 PM EDT

Re: AHAH! an almost tenured professor - (Nightowl) - July 25, 2003, 12:11:56 AM EDT

Retirement package still includes mint jelly... -NT - (hnick) - (2) - July 24, 2003, 07:39:37 AM EDT

**chuckle** -NT - (jb4) - July 24, 2003, 04:52:49 PM EDT

Oh You Kid..!______(speak goatish?) 23 Skiddoo -NT - (Ashton) - July 24, 2003, 05:17:38 PM EDT

What I know - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:03:03 AM EDT

Or, perhaps, one less time - (jb4) - July 22, 2003, 05:40:48 PM EDT

Please.. - (Ashton) - (7) - July 22, 2003, 06:19:12 PM EDT

Re: Please.. - (Nightowl) - (6) - July 22, 2003, 10:39:50 PM EDT

Point == missed. - (inthane-chan) - (5) - July 23, 2003, 12:04:36 AM EDT

Re: Point == missed. - (Nightowl) - (4) - July 23, 2003, 12:24:15 AM EDT

Technology? - (Ashton) - (3) - July 23, 2003, 02:43:17 AM EDT

Re: Technology? - (Nightowl) - (2) - July 23, 2003, 10:49:00 AM EDT

Well, that clears it up. - (Ashton) - (1) - July 23, 2003, 08:02:07 PM EDT

Re: Well, that clears it up. - (Nightowl) - July 23, 2003, 09:07:48 PM EDT

Re: One more time. - (pwhysall) - (2) - July 23, 2003, 12:33:15 AM EDT

Right. On. - (rcareaga) - July 23, 2003, 12:47:19 AM EDT

Thanks, Peter. - (Ashton) - July 23, 2003, 03:04:51 AM EDT

Dead fish get through the line faster -NT - (mhuber) - July 26, 2003, 09:25:18 PM EDT

button wasn't created for the article. - (SpiceWare) - (25) - July 22, 2003, 11:20:09 AM EDT

Sigh - (Silverlock) - (24) - July 22, 2003, 12:10:21 PM EDT

why the distinction? - (SpiceWare) - (23) - July 22, 2003, 12:26:06 PM EDT

Good question - (Silverlock) - (22) - July 22, 2003, 01:53:08 PM EDT

Good question, but the *wrong* one IMO - (drewk) - (21) - July 22, 2003, 06:57:48 PM EDT

Ept-LRPD: "Safety is our first concern! Actually, meat - (Ashton) - July 22, 2003, 07:03:58 PM EDT

Couldn't let this go by - (broomberg) - (16) - July 22, 2003, 07:27:47 PM EDT

See, e.g., 87073. - (Another Scott) - (15) - July 22, 2003, 07:33:55 PM EDT

Thanks for finding the link - (drewk) - (9) - July 22, 2003, 08:07:01 PM EDT

So then.. what about Government Subsidized biznesses? - (Ashton) - (8) - July 22, 2003, 08:16:39 PM EDT

Good point - (drewk) - (7) - July 22, 2003, 08:29:35 PM EDT

Private water company - (broomberg) - (6) - July 22, 2003, 08:37:16 PM EDT

Two answers - (drewk) - (5) - July 22, 2003, 08:59:28 PM EDT

Why? - (broomberg) - (2) - July 22, 2003, 09:27:04 PM EDT

Hey you can swim last time I checked - (boxley) - July 22, 2003, 11:00:59 PM EDT

How can "company towns" exist? - (drewk) - July 23, 2003, 08:24:08 AM EDT

Veolia (nee Vivendi) and Suez are 2 of the biggest. - (Another Scott) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 10:43:49 PM EDT

Re: Veolia (nee Vivendi) and Suez are 2 of the biggest. - (Ashton) - July 22, 2003, 11:48:45 PM EDT

Medical? - (broomberg) - (4) - July 22, 2003, 08:34:05 PM EDT

Turn it around - (drewk) - (3) - July 22, 2003, 08:53:56 PM EDT

I'm merely exploring your "harm" limitation - (broomberg) - (2) - July 22, 2003, 09:20:07 PM EDT

Not allowed to buy my product != harm - (drewk) - (1) - July 23, 2003, 08:02:54 AM EDT

Untrue - Answer Y/N on water company above - (broomberg) - July 23, 2003, 08:09:13 AM EDT

I'm not a pilot - (Silverlock) - (2) - July 22, 2003, 09:38:29 PM EDT

Cool, but ... - (drewk) - (1) - July 23, 2003, 07:58:50 AM EDT

Here ya go - (Silverlock) - July 23, 2003, 08:59:11 AM EDT

Agree that the subject title could have been better -NT - (lincoln) - (2) - July 22, 2003, 04:50:52 PM EDT

Hmmm. - (Silverlock) - (1) - July 22, 2003, 09:59:35 PM EDT

{cackle} -NT - (Ashton) - July 22, 2003, 10:53:48 PM EDT

Haha! - (pwhysall) - July 23, 2003, 12:38:38 AM EDT

Didn't EXACTLY happen to me. -NT - (mhuber) - July 26, 2003, 08:25:54 PM EDT

Didn't EXACTLY happen to me. - (mhuber) - July 26, 2003, 08:56:05 PM EDT

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