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View Poll Results: How do you feel about backscatter xrays? | |||
They are great! Whatever it takes to keep us safe. |
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14 | 14.89% |
They are horrific! I would rather risk being blown up. |
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20 | 21.28% |
Eh, necessary evil |
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45 | 47.87% |
Other (see below) |
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15 | 15.96% |
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This puts things into incredibly sharp focus for me.
Let's go back to the 9/11 tragedy for a moment. How about the people in the plane that went down in the Pennsylvania field? They did not go down instantly. Due to events that were transpiring on their plane, they had a pretty good idea they would not make it. Try and put yourself in their position for just a minute. (although that is impossible to even imagine what a horrible feeling) Those poor souls had to endure absolute fucking terror for a long time as their situation became progressively worse on their airplane. Pretend those people had been given these two choices that day before they boarded the plane. Keep this in mind. This is a little exercise in the absolute. There can be no what ifs, no questions, no altering of the choices, no saying this could never happen, no saying this type of guarantee could never be provided. Remember this is a hypothetical scenario, it is only pretend. Their only two selections are listed below: 1. Go through what we have to undergo today in order to travel by plane. If they willingly agree to this, they are guaranteed personal safety. 2. Board the plane exactly as they did that day - take their chances because they are highly indignant and sick of being intimidated by terrorism. Wonder what their choice would be. Wonder what your choice would be. I know what mine would be. |
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