Seriously, for a moment, does anyone think it's even remotely possible that terrorists would, or even could, hijack an American airliner now?

The old paradigm was that hijackers simply wanted money, or some buddies let out of prison, or to go to Cuba or somewhere. So it made more sense to cooperate with the hijackers and endure the inconvenience and waste of time, but at least no one got hurt.

The new paradigm is that the crazy Islamic hijackers want to die and take you with them. Who in their right mind is going to cooperate with a hijacker ever again? The second something seems to be going sideways on the aircraft, shank 'em in the neck with the plastic shiv and lives are saved. No detectors, X-rays, or pat downs required. $Billions$ saved. To paraphrase old Churchill, "We have nothing to fear but the fear our government creates and whips to a hysteria so that we willingly sacrifice our freedom, time, and money."

Up the revolution!

Sg