There seem to be so many stories of this type. E.g. yesterday http://upgrd.com/matthew/thrown-off-a-united-airlines-flight-for-taking-pictures.html http://upg

There seem to be so many stories of this type. E.g. yesterday http://upgrd.com/matthew/thrown-off-a-united-airlines-flight-for-taking-pictures.html http://upgrd.com/matthew/thrown-off-a-united-airlines-flight... 9/11 seems to have given a big swathe of people in the US the ability to do outrageous things more or less at will. I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be one of its most damaging consequences.