Reply #40: I had no idea so many people were packed onto the jet ramp.

[TahitiNut]

:eyes:

If you'll openly and honestly reread your own post, you might see where you're inflating language one-sidedly to shore up the case.

Let's try to keep in mind that ...
(1) He was on the jet ramp, not in a loaded airplane.
(2) He'd already checked through screening at his departure airport and through customs in Miami.
(3) His wife accompanied him and (a) said he was emotionally ill and (b) was urging restraint.
(4) He's a married mid-40's Latino (in Miami!!), not a 20-something "Ayrab".
(5) He wasn't surrounded by a school-full of kindergartners.
(6) He'd ALREADY flown in on a flight he could have bombed if he'd had one!!

The marshals had him contained. It wasn't like he was running amok; the "sin" was in not acting like a trained dog.

I won't deny that the Marshals are "trained" to overreact. I deny that their actions were rational and humane under the circumstances.


This guy had a WMD just like Saddam had WMDs. They both were "proven" to have them despite the fact they didn't use them when they might have. Where's the fucking logic? Where's the ethics?

Nowhere.