"Cuan" <an@nymous.co.za> wrote in message
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On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 23:50:33 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:

I'd call this must reading.


Terror in the Skies, Again?

By Annie Jacobsen

A WWS (Womens' Wall Street) Exclusive Article


Note from the E-ditors: You are about to read an account of what happened
during a domestic flight that one of our writers, Annie Jacobsen, took

from

Detroit to Los Angeles. The WWS Editorial Team debated long and hard

about

how to handle this information and ultimately we decided it was something
that should be shared. What does it have to do with finances? Nothing,

and

everything. Here is Annie's story:

http://www.womenswallstreet.com/WWS/article_landing.aspx?titleid=1&articlei

d=711

Excerpt:

After seeing 14 Middle Eastern men board separately (six together, eight
individually) and then act as a group, watching their unusual glances,
observing their bizarre bathroom activities, watching them congregate in
small groups, knowing that the flight attendants and the pilots were
seriously concerned, and now knowing that federal air marshals were on
board, I was officially terrified.

Well, what do you expect when you have 14 Middle-eastern men climbing
on board an aircraft in the US? They were probably looking around
thinking to themselves, "look. that lady is staring at me.", and
then, "now the air-hostess is staring at me too", and then, "why is
that guy in the back row looking at me with his hand in his pocket? Is
that what they call a fag, like those US soldiers?", and then, "maybe
they're about to hijack the plane!", and then, "Hmm...is that a
McDonald's Big Mac I smell??!"

...and true to form, up jumps Ronald with his frizzy red hair
sparkling, and says, "Nobody move! We've taken control of the plane.
Any minute now, we'll be flying into Burger King!"

Lotta fear. A poll on the site of this article had 85% of responders in
favor of racially profiling all Arab looking passengers, 7% unsure. Gonna
be hard for people to maintain a grip when we get hit again.

Fear providing the music as we march toward fascism.