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So your point is that people should learn to be less timid? I'm sure that's a good lesson, but there are people out there, not necessarily on a whole, but a decent number of people, who WOULD stand up for what is right. I think we should aknowledge that there is a possibility that someone would, upon realizing the grand scheme, try to defend his or her country. Box cutters and skinny terrorists are no match for a whole plane of angry, goofy americans. I think that, following the mob mentaility through to its end, if one person stodd up to them, there is a much better chance that this person would have support from other brave individuals, and then the rest of the passengers would follow in suit.
I would like to think that American people are not so stupid as to simply bend over and take it in a dangerous situation such as this one. I can't say, just as you can't, what really happened on the planes. We all wish we knew what transpired on the planes themselves, but we can't claim to know. I don't even claim to know the odds of this or that. I know that if some terrorist, or member of another illegal group tried to threaten me with box cutters, I'd laugh. We are talking about very small knives. That fact alone could have been enough for someone to think, [I] wait a minute, he doesn't have a gun, a bat, or a large knife, he has a little dinky pair of scissors or something. I don't have to be scared of this ass. [I]
Were there 7 hijackers? I don't really remember. Well the isles are narrow, and the seats make it very difficult to move, so even if there were 7 armed men, you'd only have to face 2 or 3 at once. I don't mind those odds, do you?
I could be wrong. My faith in the American people may be misplaced. I hope it isn't. I know that, after what happened, if I were ever in that situation I would be willing to sacrifice my life to try and save the lives of others. I hope everyone reading this would, too. That is Americas true deterrant.
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