-- James A. Donald:
Has anyone who does not look a terrorist done a suicide mission outside Israel or Russia? Recall the shoe bomber. You just had to look at him. You would think the airport screeners would need to be half brain dead to let him on the plane. Come to think of it, they are half brain dead, but laws that require them to pretend to be stupider than they actually are do not help.
Damian Gerow
I've had more than one comment about my ID photos that amount to basically: "You look like you've just left a terrorist training camp."
Nonetheless you can probably start fiddling with your shoes on a plane without the passengers seated near you jumping you.
For whatever reason, pictures of me always come out looking like some crazed religious fanatic. But that doesn't mean that I'm going to bomb anything. And I sure hope that I'm not going to be detained or denied entry because of how I *look*, alone.
If you really look like the shoe bomber, then you should have to drive, or use public transport. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG OSAEtsROBjQx7D9gY/VOYIR6gP2XT4W4uGtNsB+l 4IvEFcdiZu/zuBnyVhVYTnXbtIfk7mIE7YK5jQFN7