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#27 Aug 26 2010 at 9:57 AM Rating: Good

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I0 think that one of the underlying assumptions there is that it's impossible to waste someone's time when they're stuck on an aeroplane.

I don't know, I think those 5 minutes spent explaining the futile efforts to be made before we crash into ground from 10,000 feet at breakneck speed, could've been better spent. Like, I don't know, having a **** in the airplane toilet or something.

Meh, at that point why bother with modesty. Airplane seats, while not the most comfy thing, are far more relaxing than an airplane bathroom....and no line.

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#28 Aug 29 2010 at 10:22 AM Rating: Good

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And you're more likely to receive a reach around.

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#29 Aug 30 2010 at 12:22 AM Rating: Good

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Now I for one think that's a rather clever assignment, however, assigning it to highschoolers was definitely not so clever, as the outrage shows.

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It should have been a two part assignment, where students had to design an anti-terrorist system within a set budget, and then run each students terrorist scenario through it, and see how many forms of attack their anti-terrorist system was likely to pick up.

That's even more clever. I'd enjoy the hell out of such an assignment, were it given to me.

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#30 Aug 30 2010 at 8:07 AM Rating: Good

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I can imagine in Australia the whole terrorism taboo isn't quite what it is here. Still, the whole project could have been easily packaged differently. Instead of killing off people you attempt to kill off varmints of some sort. You can teach the same basic lessons about societal habits, math, engineering, planning, etc.

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#31 Aug 30 2010 at 9:22 AM Rating: Good

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Kavekk the Ludicrous wrote:

The best, and indeed only, aeroplane story I have comes from an experience at Heathrow a few years back. There was this old lady sitting in the lobby, cheerily telling everyone that'd listen that a fortune teller had told her she'd die in a plane crash, and that oh by the way she was going to a suicide clinic.

Pity Guenny wasn't on her flight, really.

Funny how a misinterpretation of cards can lead to the truth, eh? There was probably a "travel over air" significance with a termination of life significance. It sounds like if she was cheerful, she was at least at peace with her decision.

Jeez, Kavekk, are you against assisted suicide? What are you, a yank?

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#32 Aug 31 2010 at 4:27 PM Rating: Good

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"Your goal is to kill the MOST innocent civilians in order to get your message across,"

She should have asked them to do an assignment on smoking. Or alcohol. Or 21st century western dietary habits.

Silly Australian.

Wait, didn't she?

Or just raise the speed limit for driving...

I mean as long as your "message" happens to be eat/drink/smoke more/drive faster then you are golden.

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#33 Aug 31 2010 at 4:33 PM Rating: Good

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Guenny wrote:

Kavekk the Ludicrous wrote:

The best, and indeed only, aeroplane story I have comes from an experience at Heathrow a few years back. There was this old lady sitting in the lobby, cheerily telling everyone that'd listen that a fortune teller had told her she'd die in a plane crash, and that oh by the way she was going to a suicide clinic.

Pity Guenny wasn't on her flight, really.

Funny how a misinterpretation of cards can lead to the truth, eh? There was probably a "travel over air" significance with a termination of life significance. It sounds like if she was cheerful, she was at least at peace with her decision.

Jeez, Kavekk, are you against assisted suicide? What are you, a yank?

No, man, I just find the image of you sitting, quivering, on a plane as you wait for a death that never comes really quite funny.

Yeah, I know that's not how it'd have gone down were you there. let an old man dream, Guenny. let an old man dream...

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#34 Aug 31 2010 at 4:35 PM Rating: Good

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paulsol wrote:

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"Your goal is to kill the MOST innocent civilians in order to get your message across,"

She should have asked them to do an assignment on smoking. Or alcohol. Or 21st century western dietary habits.

Silly Australian.

Wait, didn't she?

Or just raise the speed limit for driving...

I mean as long as your "message" happens to be eat/drink/smoke more/drive faster then you are golden.

I don't think it counts if they kill themselves.

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