>>>>>>>To be fair to Naomi the reporting here in the UK highlighted the fact that 1 Briton was amongst the dead. I think its human nature.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The same here. They also reported one Cypriot killed. And if I am not mistaken it is the same person. (Yacht magnat)
>>>>>>He was British Cypriot, holder of both passports. At the scene he had 'wrong' one on him, and that (according to article) is
>>>>>>what got him killed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>However this was really gruesome event. Unlike with bombings, I belive this is first terrorist act where people were
>>>>>>directly targeted by nationality (singled out / shot)
>>>>>
>>>>>This was common practice among Palestinian terrorists in the 60s and 70s. Munich, Achille Lauro, numerous hijackings. Those who were identified as Jews ( or, in some cases, Americans ) were singled out to be murdered.
>>>>
>>>>This is ancient history. I was talking about this 'new brew' , 21st century terrorisam.
>>>
>>>I see your point I guess, but it is a bit ironic, in that you come from an area known for blood feuds going back 500 years ;-) ( but it is also possible that is exactly the lesson you have learned from that )
>>>
>>>It is something new in their pattern, though it was a suicide attack and in that respect is similar to the "new wave" rather than what Fatah was doing 30 or 40 years ago. Of course Fatah was secular so heavenly reward wasn't part of the recruiting pitch.
>>>
>>>Maybe they learned from Columbine - where some high school kids got a lot of attention and killed a lot of people by just doing something so unexpected decent people literally couldn't imagine it would happen.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Of course, if we "profile" people to increase our chances of finding those who want to kill us, this is a crime against humanity.
>>>>
>>>>If you overdo that profiling, then you might get to the situation where this becomes so obvious
>>>>almost to the point of insulting everybody's intelligence.
>>>
>>>Yes, but it is also not paranoid and crazy to focus limited resources. If we were investigating Klu Klux Klan bombings of black churches in the south, it would be foolish to stop and question a certain number of old African American ladies just so we didn't hurt anybody's feelings. Watching old ladies from Minnesota being body searched at airports so we don't hurt the feelings of young Muslim men is the same thing. I applaud the sentiment, but I think other young Muslim men on the plain would feel safer if efforts were more focused.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>World is getting more mad by the day.
>>>>>
>>>>>In about a hundred years, then, they may catch up with me.
>>>>
>>>>But then 'Doc' fixes that crucial clock on his time-machine and flies straight 'Back to the future' {vbg}
>>>
>>>( I realized after I wrote that you we using 'mad' in the sense of 'insane' and I was using it as 'angry' - but it also may take 100 years for the world to catch up with my level of crazy too ;-) )
>>
>>
>>Too right.
>>
>>An oldish lady friend flying back to France had to ditch her jars of marmalade and marmite at Stansted. Unfocussed security is just designed to give us a (false ) sense of security.
>>Escpecially ironic is that when you fly out of the smaller french airports (perpignan or beziers spring to mind) the security is pretty much a friendly wave. So all you jihadists don't use the big airports use the small ones.
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>
>This year I fly to Prague for a conference. So I passed fierce security checks at airport
>(all those things we all know and enjoy so much {g}) Then finally, I boarded a plane.
>
>Now sometime at mids of the flight when stewardesses start serving lunch, I was pleasently surprised to receive
>METAL FORK & KNIFE so I can enjoy my beef for lunch.

Was this after they'd taken your tiny pen knife or nail file from you at check-in, then given you an even more lethal weapon at lunch?

>Now I tought to myself; Hey! should I hijack plane first, or should I enjoy
>my lunch... {g} So I finished my lunch... and nearly after that, being dead tired - I fell asleap...
>
>This is how I missed my historic opportunity to hijack the plane {vbg}