Jeffrey Sharpe wrote: > I don't post to this list hardly at all, but in this instance, I think I > have to side with Brian in this. > I agree with Brian for the most part as well. > Now I agree that some things have no place on an airplane, I also think that > if the airline industry had taken the separation of the pilots from the > passengers into account when trying to come up with ways to deal with > Hijackings long ago, we would probably have been much better off on 9/11. > Lots of things went wrong that day. > Granted that guns and knives on a plane are bad things all around when you > have people willing to die to kill others, but what about pepper spray? Not > generally considered as deadly, but for the most part will incapacitate > someone. I would be more than willing to let people have pepper spray on an > airplane that I am on. Sure, it could get bad if there is an issue with > someone with bad intentions, but which is better, to have a bunch of people > that have been spraying pepper spray around like crazy, or a plane being > crashed into a building? > Again, my personal concern with pepper spray would be collateral damage - you probably couldn't hit _only_ the bad guy, you'd get most of the people around him, as well, and probably yourself as well. > Now I go to put on my Flame retardant suit! :p > No need for that :)
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