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>4,000 in the buildings
>5,000 soldiers and counting
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>Without the people who died on the planes, which was about a thousand,
>you clearly get 10,000. Where's the unserious face?
Because it isn't serious to put all those people in one box, think about it.
>>Now think about what you said. If you only have six 'planes you can
>>be really rigid, big or small state. You cannot possibly do the same >>thing with 3000
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>Why not? How many people live in and visit Israel? We have 300,000+
>in the United States. We have 50 states, with many thousands of
>airports, some of which work on a tarmac with no jetway consisting of
>a few jets. It's only the big cities which have jetways.
Well the population in Canada is the same as California (I think) but we have these three thousand 'planes flying around and if they wanted to do security like that, nothing would get out to schedule. Israel only has 'planes that fly out and in, the USA and Canada have masses of internal flights daily, as well as International.
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>>Face it, if you fly you take a chance, but you can drive your car and
>>statistically die more frequently !
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>That's fine, I understand. I am in charge of my car. I am not in an
>jet. Security is. Apples and oranges. I can hit my head and die too.
>So when I hobble into the tub, I use the handle and I'm careful. No
>guarantees, but there isn't a dummard operating my life, there's me. >
>I think you are misunderstanding me. I have no argument with you, but
>to say I buy into anything president ahole has to say, you have not >really known me.
>Victoria
But you have ! He it was that started the Terrorists are Coming and we must have Homeland Security etc. In that effort Americans lost a hell of a lot of their rights as set out in the Constitution. One of your own said it very well
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin