Irrelevant, but irritating

UVMLauren
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:31:05 +0000

We as a country have this “thing” about planes. The idea that anyone would hijack a plane, blow up a plane, etc. really drives americans nuts. They don’t stop to think about what a train bombing (like london) or bombing of the trans alaskan pipeline would do for us- mostly because an attack on a plane is easier to envision and fear, since we all know what it looks like. Incidents like Lockerbie have given us something to fixate on as a nation as what we see to be our biggest threat- the airways.

rediculous, but there’s societal psychology for you. Plane bombings are on a small enough scale that we can envision them happening, but a large enough scale to cause society to rally over it. So, we all end up focusing on planes and airports and the TSA.