This has no place on the list. Please keep you politics to yourself. -Derek
----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry S. Winokur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 11:18 AM Subject: Something to Think About > Subject: FW: Airport Security > > Please pause a moment and reflect back, by taking the following Multiple > Choice test: > > 1. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by: > a. Olga Corbitt > b. Sitting Bull > c. Arnold Schwartzeneger > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 2. In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by: > a. Lost Norwegians > b. Elvis > c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 3. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by: > a. John Dillinger > b. The King of Sweden > c. The Boy Scouts > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 4. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by: > a. A pizza delivery boy > b. Pee Wee Herman > c. Geraldo Rivera > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 5. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old > American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard by: > a. The Smurfs > b. Davy Jones > c. The Little Mermaid > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 6. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver was > murdered by: > a. Captain Kid > b. Charles Lindberg > c. Mother Teresa > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 7. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by: > a. Scooby Doo > b. The Tooth Fairy > c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 8. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by: > a. Richard Simmons > b. Grandma Moses > c. Michael Jordan > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 9. In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by: > a. Mr. Rogers > b. Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill' s women problems > c. The World Wrestling Federation > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 10. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed and thousands of > people were killed by: > a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd > b. The Supreme Court of Florida > c. Mr. Bean > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 11. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against: > a. Enron > b. The Lutheran Church > c. The NFL > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > 12. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by: > a. Bonny and Clyde > b. Captain Kangaroo > c. Billy Graham > d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 > > Nope, no patterns anywhere to justify profiling! > > So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent > on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to > profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old > women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret > Service agents who are members of the President's security detail, > 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning former > Governors. > > Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the dunder-headed > attorneys and judges that want to thwart common sense feel doubly ashamed of > themselves. > > Mary-Margaret McHugh, Ph.D. Emerita Illinois State University > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
