Re: retrictions at Lax, too strengous?

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From: J.M. Ivler
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 15:09

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In la.general Jeff Bishop <Jeff@bishop.not> wrote:
> I think any discussion focusing on too lax vs. too strenuous misses the
> point.  It's not a question of whether LAX's security measures go too far or
> not far enough, but whether they go in a direction that makes sense at all.
> None of the new "security" measures I've heard of would have done a f'n
> thing to prevent a group of terrorists from doing exactly the same thing
> here that they did on the East Coast on 9/11.  It's a little like setting
> out to drive from Los Angeles to Houston, heading north on I-5, ending up in
> Seattle, and then wondering aloud, "Gee, did I go too far, or not far
> enough?"

Well said!

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From: "J.M. Ivler" <ivler@basecamp1.netquest.net>
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Subject: Re: retrictions at Lax, too strengous?
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