It's called discretion, and no one knows what it is anymore.

Pretty much. There always an "ist" of some sort to battle against. There were fascists, that went away. Then came communists, that got old. Now it's terrorist. You have to tell people who the bad guys are or else they start looking at what you've been up to.

Because all those "remove me from your mailing list" options have worked so well...

Do not have a cabin door. Flight crew have their meals in with them, have their own toilets, and use a separate hatch to access their work environment. If there's no way to get to them there will be zero hijackings.

Which brings us back to my question.

Soap, Ballot, Jury, Ammo.

Which one are you at?

Football. Take away football. People will flip right-the-fuck-out.

Sad, isn't it?

How long before the "terrorists" simply start blowing up airports? Why go through the trouble of sneaking something onto a plane. You will yield much larger kill numbers blowing up entire terminals. After all, the objective isn't blowing up planes, it's killing people. Planes just make it more spectacular.

You're giving him way too much credit.

That would explain why they didn't get any useful results.

Food? I wouldn't call that food.

Science asks the questions and seeks to find the answer through observation and experimentation.

Religion makes up the answers to all the questions and admonishes people who question them.

The kid's been attached to it for 9 months, and the last 2 minutes make _THAT_ much difference?

... satisfy the Amish.