I will tell you why I think it is motorcycle related. How many times have you been hassled in a restaurant or a motel or by a cop or by another driver because you are a biker? Even though you don't have load pipes, where a patch vest or ride a Harley or look dirty or sell drugs.
Mike Coan www.warmnsafe.com Home of the Heat-troller www.ttg-global.com Motorcycle & Travel Site -----Original Message----- From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Derek Baylor Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 9:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Something to Think About No comment. Suffice to say, if this crap is motorcycle related, then I'm Bin Laden. It's just a good thing that all GTS riders are "c. White middle-aged male moto-geeks with too much time on their hands" and not "d. Muslim of any kind, or even middle-eastern looking for that matter", eh? -Derek > I don't think it is politics. I think it is reality. > > Mike Coan > > www.warmnsafe.com Home of the Heat-troller > > www.ttg-global.com Motorcycle & Travel Site > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Henry S. Winokur > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 8:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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]
