Reply #6: i would have thought so, but

[Bluerthanblue]

it goes way beyond that- i probably didn't cite the most appropriate sections from this well written peice-
Beyond the 'threat' this man supposedly posed is the whole issue of living in a police state:

...snip...."Officials claim the shooting was justified by the perceived threat.

But how is it then that on December 3, 2001, pilots and crew, without any marshals present, were able to subdue Richard Reid who really did have a bomb?

Is this what happens when civilian functions increasingly become penetrated by military tactics and attitudes; when police and military functions blur; when personnel from all branches of military act as police on foreign and domestic soil and conversely, when police - local, state and federal - act more as special ops military units, sometimes with black Ninja suits and automatic weapons?

Not all potentially dangerous situations call for a militarized response."..... end snip-


Look what they've done to my world, Ma- Look what they've done to my world- ??? Paranoia strikes deep- into your life it will creep theres a man with a gun over there- and he's tellin me i got to beware.... hey now stop children what's that sound everybody look what's goin down....

even the 'sane' should be afraid- and not of the enemies from 'out there' but from those who believe we can get through this life alive- and still experience a 'full life'.