Theists On A Plane

[nameandnature]

Bruce Schneier rightly points out that defending against what happened last time isn't a good way to make yourself secure against an enemy that can easily switch tactics.

That said, I think I've got the answer. iPods, liquids and shoes don't blow up airliners; theists do. Rather than attempting to second-guess what tactic they might try next, theists themselves should either face an outright ban on flying or more stringent searches and restrictions, depending on the current threat level.

You might argue that this discriminates against the majority of theists who don't want to blow up airplanes. However, we must remember that all this means is that they don't want to blow up airplanes at the moment. Once a person begins to believe that they have an infallible invisible friend who tells them what to do, they might do anything. As Winston Churchill said, "We've already established what kind of woman you are. Now, we are merely haggling about the price".

Anyway, inspired by this, I give you:

Edited to add: for the benefit of the huge influx of new readers I expect to get real soon now, I'd better point out that this is a wind-up, or "troll" as we say on the internets. My real feelings are more like these, although I'll probably mutter something about theists to myself the next time I'm parched on some budget airline flight.

Comments

[mr-ricarno.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, might show this to my parents; they've been advocating the view that Muslims and Asians should be interned or sent 'home'. Maybe this would show them the ultimate logical conclusion of their argument...

[mr-ricarno.livejournal.com]

Oh, and another thing - it's not just theists, anyone with a strong ideology who's angry with 'the Establishment', or the decadent West, or America, or Tony Blair, or whatever, is a potential terrorist.

So we should only let politically apathetic atheists onto planes.

[illusive-shelle.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! I still get to fly!