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The problem with the "there have been zero successful terrorist attack on aircraft in the U.S. since 9-11." statement is they use that for their advantage. They
by bluetidepro 10y ago
The problem with the "there have been zero successful terrorist attack on aircraft in the U.S. since 9-11." statement is they use that for their advantage. They say that because of them this is a fact. Ugh.
- Zelphyr 10y agoExcept, as Bruce Schneier notes, there were zero 9-11 level attacks on the US prior to 9-11 as well. 9-11 was a statistical fluke.
- lisper 10y agoNot quite a statistical fluke. The 9-11 hijackers took advantage of the fact that they could count on the passengers and crew to cooperate because they would assume that this hijacking was like all the others before and cooperation provided the best odds of survival. But the 9-11 hijackers defected (in the sense of the prisoner's dilemma). As a result, no one will ever cooperate with a hijacker again, and as a result of that, no remotely sane person will ever attempt to hijack an airplane again.
- bluetidepro 10y ago> "no remotely sane person". Sane probably isn't the right word. I'd argue the hijackers were indeed sane by definition. They were more so misguided than insane.
- lisper 10y agoI don't really want to quibble over whether or not the 9-11 hijackers were sane. Maybe they were, maybe they weren't. The point is that no sane person can fail to realize that you can do a 9-11 style attack exactly once. It will never work again as long as people remember what happened that day, TSA or no TSA.
- franciscop 10y agoBecause people who hijack a plane are remotely sane...