Hey Addison, Are you directing that slam to me or to Baha? If it is directed to me, please re-read my posting. I think Baha is way off course with his comments. Thanks, JCK >From: Addison Schonland <addison@schonland.com> >Reply-To: The Airline List <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>, >Addison Schonland <addison@schonland.com> >To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU >Subject: Re: Airport Screeners Hard to Come by >Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:16:13 -0700 > >Every nation has the basic right of self protection. That always means >using its own people - nations that depend on the UN for protection speak >for themselves. As a naturalized American (i.e. I chose to be an >American), >I want to be checked out by an American. I find it incomprehensible that I >am checked at airport security by a person who cannot speak English >properly, although they maybe as American as me (I have grave doubts about >this, but will give it a pass). > >The world is rife with anti-American sentiment now and frankly I don't give >a hoot. If you don't like America, leave it, don't buy its products and >express yourself in that manner. If your life is enriched by this >anti-America policy, great. If you cannot stand Americans defending >themselves (after they have defended much of the western world and fed the >rest), please find a better planet. I will be pleased to contribute to >your >one-way ticket. I am proud to be an American and feel absolutely no shame >in its greatness - I am thrilled by this nation and its people. Its great >to be part of the USA. > >-----Original Message----- >From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of >John Kelly >Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:00 AM >To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU >Subject: Re: Airport Screeners Hard to Come by > > >So, Baha, are we to assume that because a country wants only its citizens >to >perform a specific function that we are "fascists?" by your reasoning, that >would make many countries on this earth "fascist." I really don't want to >go >there, but that sounds eerily like a racist comment to me. > >Although we on the list wish to think of ourselves as "thinking globally," >there are times when some national priorities take precedence over an >enlightened perspective. The September 11 tragedy has changed many lives in >the U.S.; and not for the better, either. > >Regards to the list, >JCK > > >From: Bahadir Acuner <bahadiracuner@yahoo.com> > >Reply-To: The Airline List <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>, > >Bahadir Acuner <bahadiracuner@yahoo.com> > >To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > >Subject: Re: Airport Screeners Hard to Come by > >Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:40:17 -0400 > > > >All the fascist on the other list were saying "I am glad that the > >jobs are going to Americans now" when TSA implemented the US Citizen > >rule. > > > >BAHA > >Fan of turning back to clock to 1999. > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com