I'm not worried about flying either. And considering I'm always about to fly just after terrorist attacks - flew the first day after 9/ll, a few days after the shoe bombing incient - I don't think anyone else should be either.
It's kind of funny, the first thing people did after they heard the new flight restritcions was brainstorm ways that terrorists could get around them. And it's not very difficult at all, and since they're zelots, not idiots, I'm pretty sure they found ways to go around them too.
So, since we're going to flying home in a few days we're burning all the data on the laptops and hoping that no one is going to steal them, especialy Dad's work computer.
While I've never rode Greyhound, it is getting faster to drive places than fly. Not the point where it's easier to get from Jasper to the East Coast, but it's getting there.
I don't know if it's just babysitting, or just... I don't know. Flying is still the safest way to travel, even if there's a tiny odds of getting blown up. I'm not gonna stop flying, and pretty soon I think you'd be able to take liquids on board again. For the love of all that's good and holy, you were able to take matches and lighters on last week. What do you think's more dangerous, a bottle of water or a lighter?
And no matter how much you reduce the risk, there's always some. It's way more likely that I get killed in a car accidet going out to eat tomorrow than it is that I get blown up on Sunday flying home.
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Date: 2006-08-10 10:39 pm (UTC)It's kind of funny, the first thing people did after they heard the new flight restritcions was brainstorm ways that terrorists could get around them. And it's not very difficult at all, and since they're zelots, not idiots, I'm pretty sure they found ways to go around them too.
So, since we're going to flying home in a few days we're burning all the data on the laptops and hoping that no one is going to steal them, especialy Dad's work computer.
While I've never rode Greyhound, it is getting faster to drive places than fly. Not the point where it's easier to get from Jasper to the East Coast, but it's getting there.
I don't know if it's just babysitting, or just... I don't know. Flying is still the safest way to travel, even if there's a tiny odds of getting blown up. I'm not gonna stop flying, and pretty soon I think you'd be able to take liquids on board again. For the love of all that's good and holy, you were able to take matches and lighters on last week. What do you think's more dangerous, a bottle of water or a lighter?
And no matter how much you reduce the risk, there's always some. It's way more likely that I get killed in a car accidet going out to eat tomorrow than it is that I get blown up on Sunday flying home.