Comments on: Your Feel-Good Story of the Year, So Far http://freekorea.us/2010/03/12/your-feel-good-story-of-the-year-so-far/ Wed, 23 May 2012 16:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Glans http://freekorea.us/2010/03/12/your-feel-good-story-of-the-year-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-71468 Glans Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:20:35 +0000 http://www.freekorea.us/2010/03/12/your-feel-good-story-of-the-year-so-far/#comment-71468 The right of passengers to keep and bear arms should be recognized. Since it's hard to know in advance just what they'll need, this right includes knives, clubs, guns, and Tasers. The right of passengers to keep and bear arms should be recognized. Since it’s hard to know in advance just what they’ll need, this right includes knives, clubs, guns, and Tasers.

]]> By: Alec http://freekorea.us/2010/03/12/your-feel-good-story-of-the-year-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-71465 Alec Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:16:49 +0000 http://www.freekorea.us/2010/03/12/your-feel-good-story-of-the-year-so-far/#comment-71465 I'm still perplexed by the motives of the latest former President of a London university Islamic Society to be arrested on terrorism-related offences. If he's imagining a reward of 72 virgins, why follow a course of action which was going to blow off his willy? I’m still perplexed by the motives of the latest former President of a London university Islamic Society to be arrested on terrorism-related offences.

If he’s imagining a reward of 72 virgins, why follow a course of action which was going to blow off his willy?

]]> By: kushibo http://freekorea.us/2010/03/12/your-feel-good-story-of-the-year-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-71463 kushibo Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:24:13 +0000 http://www.freekorea.us/2010/03/12/your-feel-good-story-of-the-year-so-far/#comment-71463 The irony is that — if his parents are at all typical of immigrant Korean parents — they prolly weren't too happy he became a flight attendant. I hope they are now. :) Not to too vehemently defend air marshals, but they can't be everywhere on a plane at once, so when passengers outnumber then 200:1, naturally the passengers (and crew) are more likely to be first responders. But the presence of the air marshals (or the possibility of their presence on any flight) puts a big wrinkle in the plans of people who would want to commandeer a plane and then use it as a guided missile, as happened on 9/11. Terrorists instead are reduced to trying to destroy a plane very quickly. The irony is that — if his parents are at all typical of immigrant Korean parents — they prolly weren’t too happy he became a flight attendant. I hope they are now. :)

Not to too vehemently defend air marshals, but they can’t be everywhere on a plane at once, so when passengers outnumber then 200:1, naturally the passengers (and crew) are more likely to be first responders.

But the presence of the air marshals (or the possibility of their presence on any flight) puts a big wrinkle in the plans of people who would want to commandeer a plane and then use it as a guided missile, as happened on 9/11. Terrorists instead are reduced to trying to destroy a plane very quickly.

]]>