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2003-12-29 Britain

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-29 15:33|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Archie Bunker had it right. Give everybody on the plane a gun.

Posted by tu3031 2003-12-29 3:37:38 PM|| 2003-12-29 3:37:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, we could just outfit all passengers with remote-controlled explosive decapitation collars...

All part of the service.

Posted by mojo 2003-12-29 3:58:22 PM|| 2003-12-29 3:58:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Perhaps British Airways would prefer to simply forgo all flights to and from the US rather than allow the Sky Marshall's aboard. Works for me.

Posted by ruprecht 2003-12-29 4:06:17 PM|| 2003-12-29 4:06:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 What's with all this weak-kneed Pommie whining about armed sky marshals on flights? Seems to me that if safety is the paramount issue, they'd welcome this step.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-29 4:14:15 PM|| 2003-12-29 4:14:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, how far the victors in the Battle of Britain have fallen.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-12-29 4:53:34 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2003-12-29 4:53:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, we could just outfit all passengers with remote-controlled explosive decapitation collars...

You actually trust the airline crew to hit the button for the right collar? Guns also might puncture the cabin at 20,000 feet. I suggest giving everyone aboard a Bowie knife.

Posted by Charles 2003-12-29 5:22:46 PM|| 2003-12-29 5:22:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I believe it was Moms Mabley (PBUH) who suggested in the middle of the Cuban hijacking era that if you wanted to be safe... carry your own grenade on board... theory being what are the odds of two grenades on one flight? I still can't refute the logic.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-29 5:42:49 PM|| 2003-12-29 5:42:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Charles, in theory the air marshalls would have bullets designed so that they do not penetrate the cabin.

Flight 93 that crashed in Penn and the shoebomber flight showed that American passengers are no longer going to sit passively and allow a plane to be taken. Recent news indicates Al Queda is banking on the French to shut up and die though.

Posted by ruprecht 2003-12-29 10:25:18 PM|| 2003-12-29 10:25:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I hope they're not banking too much. There was a Frenchie prominent among the passengers who beat the crap out of Shoe Boy.

Posted by Fred 2003-12-29 10:48:30 PM|| 2003-12-29 10:48:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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