Friday, 2004-01-09
culture of fear
Mom buys Flight Simulator for ten-year-old son. Orange alert!
Flight Sim enquiry raises terror alert
Andrew Orlowski, The Register
So alarmed was the Staples clerk at the prospect of the ten year old learning to fly, that he informed the police, the Greenfield Recorder reports. The authorities moved into action, leaving nothing to chance. A few days later, Olearcek was alarmed to discover a state trooper flashing a torch into to her home through a sliding glass door at 8:30 pm on a rainy night.
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At one time it was rare to find US citizens, in the safest and most prosperous country in the world, jumping at their own shadows. Now we only note how high.