Dragaera

Defender always wins? (Was: Re: on contradictions and such)

Howard Brazee howard at brazee.net
Wed Feb 9 12:03:44 PST 2005

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:35:54 -0500, Grady Brandt  
<gbrandt at Tampabayfederal.com> wrote:

>> Pocket knives make terrible weapons.   There's no way one can hijack an
>> airplane with one.   The paranoia that makes them proscribed from
>> airplanes is misdirected.
> Yes, but they're banning fingernail clippers too, so are you really
> surprised?

A while back a pilot had his clippers confiscated.   When he complained  
that as a pilot, he could crash the plane any time he wanted without  
resorting to threatening himself with a grooming implement, they cancelled  
the flight.

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