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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (407126)	8/16/2008 3:21:15 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575360

" In general, I expect anyone here to have some basic knowledge of the subject matter." I do. Which is why I often question you about the "experts". I have yet to get a real answer. "If there is an authority on a subject," Umm, no, what you do is try to hide behind anonymous experts. "I pointed out you were wrong, cited news stories agreeing with me" See, this is what I am talking about. You didn't cite a single new story. You claimed they were out there, but did not once post a link. "SELDOM do I encounter significant lines." You've got to be kidding. There are always lines at Houston Intercontinental at all of the terminals. " I think your link sort of missed my point; by "airport security" I was referring to measures to prevent terrorist attacks involving or using airplanes;" Well, there go the goal posts again. You said airports. "You may think it is silly. However, it helps to shut down an avenue by which a terrorist could get explosives onto a plane." It is silly because it does no such thing. The explosives in question are difficult to produce in a lab. They require a great deal of cooling, for example. Something that isn't possible to do in an airplane lavatory. Don't you even have the slightest clue about this issue? "And I might add, there has not been a successful bombing on a major airline in a long time. " Correct. The last one was in 1995. One person was killed, 10 injured. "Every piece of checked baggage is screen by explosive detection systems." Right. And that was started well before 9/11.