Mickey Z

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

"Let's Roll": The Lessons of United 93

Let’s say you’re a passenger on a 737. You paid the ever-increasing price to jam your ever-widening butt into an ever-shrinking seat. Yep, you whipped out the plastic to willingly endure zero leg room, artificial air, phony friendliness, something loosely resembling food (sic), edited-for-mass-consumption movies, and it doesn’t matter whether you’re seated near the left wing or the right wing...the pilot calls the shots. If you choose to speak up, you can guarantee there’ll be a uniformed, armed servant of the State waiting for you when the plane lands.

Can anyone say “microcosm”?

However, on the topic of plane rides, there is one type of rebellion that’s always welcome in the home of the brave...and the more violent it is, the better. Rise up against official U.S. enemies and they’ll make movies about you, build statues, write speeches, and all that good stuff. The powers-that-be in the land of the free may pretend to admire pacifism but never forget: Genuine hero worship is reserved for those ready, willing, and able to shed blood even if it may cost them their our lives.

Read United 93 article here