no opinion at the moment. I definitely see where the air marshalls were coming from though if the story is true. I know it's a horrible thing to say but what else is happening in the news?
This is what happens when people lie to you all the time -- you get paranoid. Dana On 12/7/05, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you're a cop you're not going to second guess why would he do this > you are going to take what he said as a statement of fact. Then you're > going to be amp'd up alot and on edge. > > Even before 9/11 if he got shot its his own fault. Ever since i was > old enough to fly they have had signs up that says DO NOT JOKE ABOUT: > explosives, bombs, guns, etc etc. > > Ok then you say i have a bomb you dont expect to be killed thats > understandable. But when you have guys pointing guns at you then you > gotta move real carefully. You know they are nervous. The guy should > have been more careful. > > Mental Illness makes it unfortunate but if it was me getting shot i > would be thinking as i took my last breaths. Wow that was really dumb > bill. > > > On 12/7/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yeah I hate to second guess a lawman who was trying to protect people > but it > > smells strange. If he really had a bomb why wait till the plane landed? > But > > I haven't looked at the updates yet, just got out of a red hat final... > > > > > > > > On 12/7/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > <hypothetical> > > > > > > Returning from a long vacation where he lost his meds and couldn't get > > > them refilled, this man, realizing he was now on the wrong connecting > > > flight, forgotten something, or whatever, began running up the aisle > > > demanding to get off. > > > > > > The crew had already sealed the plane for departure and is now > > > refusing to let anyone deboard. The man, already stressed from a long > > > flight and losing his meds and desperate to get off the plane, grasps > > > at the one thing he knows will get him booted off the plane: the claim > > > of having a bomb. The worst that can happen is that they will confine > > > him for questioning, search his possessions and realize he doesn't > > > have a bomb, and ultimately release him right? > > > > > > He gets off the plane and chased by the air marshalls gets on the > > > ground but desperate to prove he doesn't actually have a bomb he > > > reaches for his bag to show that it's okay... > > > > > > </hypothetical> > > > > > > I have no idea what happened. The reports are still sketchy, and > > > probably won't get much clearer, and with his death we will never know > > > what he was thinking. > > > > > > Claiming to have a bomb is certainly a serious matter. So is shooting > to > > > kill. > > > > > > On 12/7/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > The whole question of if he was on the plane of not is somewhat > > > > irrelevant - no? I don't think it matters where someone is if they > > > > yell they have a bomb and reach into their bag after being told by > law > > > > enforcement to get on the ground. I think the same would happen in > a > > > > mall, plane, bank, school, or any public space. > > > > > > > > On the other hand, if he said something like "What? It's not like I > > > > have a bomb in here!" Then reached into his bag, that could be a > > > > different story... > > > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:186556 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
