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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
The first thing we have to ask ourselves, like some already have in this thread, is there really a problem with men molesting children on airplanes? Without actually looking into the matter I would venture to guess no, and if I were a betting man (which I am) I would also bet that there is no problem with men molesting children on airplanes.
The second thing we have to ask ourselves is, is there a problem with Muslim men trying to highjack, blow up and or crash planes into large urban centres? The answer is yes there is. It is true that the majority of Muslim men who fly DO NOT want to blow up the plane, but there has been several recent and ongoing attempts to do just that.
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Is there really a problem with Muslim men trying to hijack planes? In the last 20 years there have been about 204 million flights in the US alone. Of those, how many were hi-jacked or blown up? About 8 or 9? Just guessing, but I'd guess about an average of about 10 or so muslim men where on each of those flights. So, of the 2 billion muslim men who've boarded flights, 8 or 9 of them have been terrorists! Of all the ways you might die each day you wake up, boarding a flight that is going to be blown up by terrorists is not one of them. You are much more likely to get hit by lightning at some point that day, far more likely to die in a car crash on the way to airport. You are about 500 times more likely to die choking on your sandwich on your flight than you are to be killed by a terrorist.
I would guess there have probably been several times as many child molestations on airplanes compared to terrorist attacks. It is still a stupid policy though.