Fly! Be [so totally not] free!
Saturday 8.
1. do you think that denying women the hand lotion or liquid eyeliner in their purses is a good thing given the recent terrorist threat? why or why not?
I really don't know. I'm not sure what women have to do with it, either, since I thought they were disallowing liquids for all passengers. [Maybe it's that women aren't likely to participate in terrorist plots? I can't imagine members of a fanatical--and, among other things, misogynistic--sect would use very many women in their attacks, except maybe for the surprise element or something.]
Frankly, all I know about it is this: It doesn't matter what you ban, it doesn't matter how many cavity searches you do. If somebody wants to hijack or blow up a plane, they're gonna find a way to do it, even if it means having suicide bombers board planes carrying surgically implanted remote-controlled explosives. The only way to get rid of airline terrorism is to shut down all the airlines forever.
2. will the new restrictions alter your view on flying? why or why not?
Yeah, they will, actually. Because of the rude and invasive searches, my chances of flying were about .00002%. Now they're .00001%.
3. i'm flying home from cali the day before the 5-year anniversary of september 11th. are you going to be worried for me, or do you think that this anniversary has no bearing on any possible attacks?
Not any more or less worried than I'd be on any other day. Frankly, if I were a terrorist, I wouldn't plan anything on the anniversary of a famous attack, because it'd be too obvious. I'm surprised they were stupid enough to try another airline attack. Maybe they read the thing about the guy smuggling box cutters.
4. on september 11th, i was getting ready to fly home to the East Coast from denver, colorado. the attacks entailed a 30-hour drive across 11 states to get home. where were you & what were you doing on september 11th?
I was at home, totally not watching TV. I didn't find out about it til I came into work that night.
5. i'm a good flier. i usually fly 5-6x per year for either business or vacation, and i'm usually not airsick or nervous. are you a good flier or a nervous flier, or do you fly at all?
I don't fly.
6. on my last flight for vacation, i missed my domestic flight and had to fly into toronto. i almost got deported at immigration at the airport because i didn't have my passport (i didn't need it for a domestic flight so it was at home). have you ever had an issue with customs and/or immigration?
I have never been out of the country, so no.
7. on my last flight for business, i had four screeners summoned to look at my carry-ons. they thought something had gone awry in my luggage. what was humiliating was that one of my bags had an 8"x10" publicity flyer of a gay male french porn star named francois sagat - signed, no less - in all his ... ahem ... 'glory.' my best friend, a gay male, had gotten me the flyer signed as a joke. of course, my bags were removed and searched, but luckily the bag with the publicity flyer was not. i almost fainted from embarrassment. what humiliating experience have you had travelling?
I can't think of anything. I left my glasses in a rest area once, but I wouldn't classify that as humiliating so much as very frustrating and ultimately expensive.
8. i'm going to try and upgrade at the airline to business class coming home the red-eye for my next flight. have you ever flown first-class or business class, and is it worth the money to upgrade? why or why not?
No, I haven't, and I have no idea.
Of course, I have the luxury of not having to worry about terrorists, since I don't fly, I don't use public transportation, and I live in an area that's very unlikely ever to be hit [unless somebody starts a fanatical religious sect that believes cows and soybeans are evil]. So for everybody that's at a significant risk, I feel for you. Hopefully we can all find some way to not worry about it more than we have to, since we can't do anything about it anyway except maybe join the CIA or expose ourselves to radiation and hope we develop some useful super powers as a result.
So I'm gonna go stand in front of the microwave with the door open for a while. Ciao.
sbt/sbc
1. do you think that denying women the hand lotion or liquid eyeliner in their purses is a good thing given the recent terrorist threat? why or why not?
I really don't know. I'm not sure what women have to do with it, either, since I thought they were disallowing liquids for all passengers. [Maybe it's that women aren't likely to participate in terrorist plots? I can't imagine members of a fanatical--and, among other things, misogynistic--sect would use very many women in their attacks, except maybe for the surprise element or something.]
Frankly, all I know about it is this: It doesn't matter what you ban, it doesn't matter how many cavity searches you do. If somebody wants to hijack or blow up a plane, they're gonna find a way to do it, even if it means having suicide bombers board planes carrying surgically implanted remote-controlled explosives. The only way to get rid of airline terrorism is to shut down all the airlines forever.
2. will the new restrictions alter your view on flying? why or why not?
Yeah, they will, actually. Because of the rude and invasive searches, my chances of flying were about .00002%. Now they're .00001%.
3. i'm flying home from cali the day before the 5-year anniversary of september 11th. are you going to be worried for me, or do you think that this anniversary has no bearing on any possible attacks?
Not any more or less worried than I'd be on any other day. Frankly, if I were a terrorist, I wouldn't plan anything on the anniversary of a famous attack, because it'd be too obvious. I'm surprised they were stupid enough to try another airline attack. Maybe they read the thing about the guy smuggling box cutters.
4. on september 11th, i was getting ready to fly home to the East Coast from denver, colorado. the attacks entailed a 30-hour drive across 11 states to get home. where were you & what were you doing on september 11th?
I was at home, totally not watching TV. I didn't find out about it til I came into work that night.
5. i'm a good flier. i usually fly 5-6x per year for either business or vacation, and i'm usually not airsick or nervous. are you a good flier or a nervous flier, or do you fly at all?
I don't fly.
6. on my last flight for vacation, i missed my domestic flight and had to fly into toronto. i almost got deported at immigration at the airport because i didn't have my passport (i didn't need it for a domestic flight so it was at home). have you ever had an issue with customs and/or immigration?
I have never been out of the country, so no.
7. on my last flight for business, i had four screeners summoned to look at my carry-ons. they thought something had gone awry in my luggage. what was humiliating was that one of my bags had an 8"x10" publicity flyer of a gay male french porn star named francois sagat - signed, no less - in all his ... ahem ... 'glory.' my best friend, a gay male, had gotten me the flyer signed as a joke. of course, my bags were removed and searched, but luckily the bag with the publicity flyer was not. i almost fainted from embarrassment. what humiliating experience have you had travelling?
I can't think of anything. I left my glasses in a rest area once, but I wouldn't classify that as humiliating so much as very frustrating and ultimately expensive.
8. i'm going to try and upgrade at the airline to business class coming home the red-eye for my next flight. have you ever flown first-class or business class, and is it worth the money to upgrade? why or why not?
No, I haven't, and I have no idea.
Of course, I have the luxury of not having to worry about terrorists, since I don't fly, I don't use public transportation, and I live in an area that's very unlikely ever to be hit [unless somebody starts a fanatical religious sect that believes cows and soybeans are evil]. So for everybody that's at a significant risk, I feel for you. Hopefully we can all find some way to not worry about it more than we have to, since we can't do anything about it anyway except maybe join the CIA or expose ourselves to radiation and hope we develop some useful super powers as a result.
So I'm gonna go stand in front of the microwave with the door open for a while. Ciao.
sbt/sbc
posted by Frida | 12:27 PM
2 Comments:
friday, you're freaking hilarious. love the dry wit.
yeah, in that 1st question, i didn't mean that women were being specifically targeted. but i'm thinking some dood making me throw out a liquid eyeliner would knot my panties pretty quickly...
Ahh. Gotcha. Yeah, when I used to wear makeup, I hated throwing anything out, just because the good stuff [like liquid eyeliner] costs so much and sometimes it takes a long time to find a good brand/colour/formula that works.
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