2010-02-05: Paranoia Continues To Fuel Stupidity
A Jewish teenager trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare Thursday when he pulled out a set of small boxes containing holy scrolls, leading the captain to divert the flight to Philadelphia, where the commuter plane was greeted by police, bomb-sniffing dogs and federal agents.
Have you ever wondered what is wrong with people when they make obviously stupid decisions? Jewish males have used prayer boxes since at least the time of Jesus. It is a well-known practice that certain observant Jews (not everyone is religious, but we are talking about a group of those who are religious) use these in their prayer rituals.
Apparently, someone decided that it could be a bomb.
Question: why do we bother taking off our shoes and going through all of the security theater at airports if we still have to be afraid that a praying teen is a dangerous? The screening ritual is already an ordeal, so if it needs to be more rigorous, do it.
This doesn't quite match the vice-principal of a technology magnet school who decided a student's homemade science project was a possible explosive, but come on, Americans. Turn off the television and the radio. Use your own brains. Think. Ask questions. Mull over the answers, and then formulate new questions to ask.
As it stands now, we are in the middle of one of the fastest self-destruction processes in recorded history. If we intend to turn it around, we have to stop with the fear obsession. Take some risks. Let Junior walk to and from school without you surreptitiously spying to ensure his safety. You want him to grow up and learn to think for himself? Now is the time to teach it to him. You cannot wait until he is 18 or even 21 and then expect him to ever pick it up. It starts now.
Stop obsessing about terrorism and get back to living you life!
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