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  • From: Michael S Czeiszperger <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>
  • To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Stopping terrorism
  • Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:48:06 -0400


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On Friday 14 September 2001 01:35 pm, you wrote:
> Think about the new security rules being put into effect at the nation's
> airports. They will end convenient air travel as we know it, and I doubt
> will make a single difference.

I think you're right. Preventing weapons only makes it marginally harder for
anyone wanting to hijack the plane. The main differences between types of
weapons are the physicological fear their produce and the killing efficiency;
its considerably easier to kill someone with a gun than with a knife, for
example. Rationally we know that a terrorist could kill someone with their
bare hands, but it loses the scare factor-- the sight of a terrorist holding
a passenger and threatening to kill them with bare hands is less threatening
that the same terrorist holding a sharp looking kife at the throat.

In the end any security measures that don't physically make it impossible for
anyone from the cabin to get into the cockpit won't work. Any 3 or 4 guys
trained in hand to hand combat could overpower the stewards and physically
drag the pilots out of the cockpit without any weapons.

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Michael S Czeiszperger
czei AT webperformanceinc.com

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