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Christopher Hitchens on the Panty Bomber
By Kyle | December 29, 2009
Over at Slate, Hitchens unloads on our absurd system of airline travel “security” as we all prepare for more red tape will be used to hogtie the innocent while known jihadists whose names appear on watch lists merrily continue to board planes. Sample:
In my boyhood, there were signs on English buses that declared, in bold letters, “No Spitting.” At a tender age, I was able to work out that most people don’t need to be told this, while those who do feel a desire to expectorate on public transport will require more discouragement than a mere sign. But I’d be wasting my time pointing this out to our majestic and sleepless protectors, who now boldly propose to prevent airline passengers from getting out of their seats for the last hour of any flight. Abdulmutallab made his bid in the last hour of his flight, after all. Yes, that ought to do it. It’s also incredibly, nay, almost diabolically clever of our guardians to let it be known what the precise time limit will be. Oh, and by the way, any passenger courageous or resourceful enough to stand up and fight back will also have broken the brave new law.
Topics: Christopher Hitchens, Politics |
December 29th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
So far, the ACLU, and Eric Holder’s friends in the legal profession are more concerned with the rights of the guilty than the innocent. Maybe when Captain Underparents shows up on a flight to the annual ABA conference, we’ll see some progress in sticking it to the guys on the watch list, rather than those who aren’t.
December 29th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
They’re already starting with the crap about how depressed and lonely he was. As if we’re supposed to give a damn.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CT44280&show_article=1