If you were in midflight and a terrorist tried to bomb the plane, or tried to attack or harm people, what role might you play?

E) and F) I don’t know if I am strong enough to take down a terrorist myself, but I do think I could help plot with other passengers to come up with a plan. Also, I think all pilots have guns in the cockpits now.
I always carry perfume (flammable), tweezers, a cuticle remover, both are very sharp.

Thats a good question. I would hope that I would have courage in that situation but I cant really say for sure. Talking about doing this sort of thing while sitting in a chair all safe and sound is a lot different then when you are actually in danger. If someone I love was there with me I am pretty sure I would do something. Maybe I would distract the Terrorist or something like that. Anyways good question!

G) Pretend he is sleeping and hope someone else makes a move.

But on a serious note, if there was a plan going on I would lend any help I could. I probably wouldn’t start a plan though except go rambo on his sorry ass if there was just one.

/edit: Oh, except for the one problem: I never fly. Not because I am scared: I just have nowhere to go.

I’d be that guy still listening to his iPod and not have a clue what is going on

D) I would take a large plastic trash bag and scoop up whatever is left of him after he gets torn apart by most of the passengers and flush’em down the toilet.!

I don’t think people know what they can or will do until something happens. I’m not an athletic man at all, but years ago, on top of that I was also hugely obese, too, which was even more crippling.

I was in Union Square Park with my kids (This must have been 12 years ago) and suddenly we heard some terrible noises, and car, traveling at high speed was plowing through the park tossing bodies aside like matchsticks. When it came to rest, there was a bicyclist trapped under it.

Somehow, I ran toward the car, faster than I had ever moved before, and I and some others lifted the car into the air to free the bicyclist. I’m the furthest thing there is from being a hero, and I have no idea how or why I was part of the rescue of that man. Several people died that day, and many were injured.

Stanley Kowalski

I’d probably try to stay out of the way of the real rescuers. I don’t think I’d be much good in a situation like that. If anyone needed a doctor afterward, however…

You have no idea what you might be capable of, Doc. Believe me.

True. I suppose I could brain someone with my laptop. Or sic my 5 lb fluffy, white puppy on him or her. She’s always with me on the plane.

my role: terrorist killer.

if this situation arises, you are literally at war with that individual. it has nothing to do with your country or whatever else. it’s simply survival. do something or die. I would do something, if possible.

Well, I could always jab with a knitting needle. I do think I would do something – I tend to react quickly and borderline violently when truly angered. It would be easy to let down the barrier and attack. It’s hard to think clearly in that state of mind, though, so I probably wouldn’t do much damage.

@pdworkin you have no idea what you might be capable of
I completely agree with you. We are often capable of much more than we might normally expect of ourselves.

I’m just a wittle girl so I wouldn’t be able to contribute much to the team that would do bodily harm.
But I do have a big mouth, so I’d just curse the shit out of em’. :D

If it was looking pretty inevitable that we were all going to die, I’d lock myself in the bathroom with somebody else to become apart of the mile high club. Gotta do as many things on my bucket list before I die! I’m thinkin’ positive here.

A or B.

I might die but I’ll have your eyeballs in my hands when I do. If you’re lucky I won’t get to your nose first.

F) Other – I would be the drunken asshole who yells at everyone to, “Shut the Hell up, I’m trying to kindle here.”

I would hope A. or E., but I can’t say for sure. I can tell you that I kick really hard and would be willing to launch an attack from the floor to blow out the knees of a terrorist or two.

I may not have a gattling gun instead of a leg, but I’ve many useless talents which I’m sure could come in handy.
Like what? I don’t know. But either way, they won’t fuck wit meh.

This is not like running into the burning building, I am already there and if we don’t do something we could all be dead. I would rather die fighting the bastard than helping him get his 40 virgin reward for killing a bunch of innocent people.

A, B & F Tackle, disarm and then Choke him DEAD…BA_ _ARD!!! Or at least take him close so he has to Choke back to life, yes my face will be covered…

Well assuming the terrorist went through the same miserable security line I did.
I’d take his nail clippers away from him, tell him to sit down and shut his mouth.
Everyone else on the plane are my backup…..hahahah

First order of the day is to never get excited. keep your cool and devise a plan. remember, there is only one way out of this situation and thats down, if the bomb explodes. the bomber does not want to die either, so keep this in mind. his main objective is to control the airplane first, the passengers second. each situation is different and there actually is no exact plan that will fit each situation. again, a cool head will prevail and make the correct decisions.

@john65pennington – the bomber apparently did want to die. He had the explosive in his underpants, that would seem to be a good indicator.

I’d be a casualty.

I have absolutely no idea, to be honest. Given my past behavior, I know would be loathe to do nothing. I’d be one of those people holding the miscreant down, probably. Or after what I learned today, I could give her or him a roundhouse kick to the kidney and (s)he’d settle down then.

These are fantastic answers, you guys. Thank you! I have a few new ways of looking at others on my plane if this ever happens. If the majority of you would kindly get out of our way, we need some room to take the bastard out. Thank you :)

id kick his sorry ass and lock him in the restroom.

i’d like to know their intentions and motivations before making a decision, as to what my role could be in the unfolding drama.

In the scanario given, he is armed (with something) and is planning on bringing down the plane or hurting others.

I’d be the one disarming the dirtbag and beating him with it!

F

I’d be the apathetic teenager sitting somewhere near the back, completely oblivious to the situation due to my noise-cancelling headphones.

I already know I’m capable of taking down a 100 lb pit bull with my bare hands when it’s in the middle of attacking my baby, and throwing it halfway across the backyard. Taking down a normal human being that’s not expecting a superhuman 115 lb little pissed-off white girl isn’t going to be harder than that. They don’t stand a chance.

@daemonelson…that’s funny. hahahahaha

@Seek_Kolinahr…..dang girl…........ I want you on my plane. you sound like a lil firecracker. lol

@Open_Your_Mind

I don’t know if you’re a parent, but it’s true what they say – when your baby’s in trouble, you become Superman.

@rooeytoo Explosives in his underwear? Ouch.

“I WILL NOT PAY THE JIZYAH!!! I WILL NOT PAY THE JIZYAH!!! I WILL NOT PAY THE JIZYAH!!! I WILL NOT PAY THE JIZYAH!!! I WILL NOT PAY THE JIZYAH!!! I WILL NOT PAY THE JIZYAH!!! DEATH TO ALLAH!!! DEATH TO ALLAH!!! DEATH TO ALLAH!!! DEATH TO ALLAH!!! DEATH TO ALLAH!!! LETS DIE TOGETHER!!! LETS MEET THE 72 VIGINIANS!!! GEORGE WASHINGTON!! THOMAS JEFFERSON!!! HENRY LIGHTFOOT LEE!!! WHATS THE FREQUENCY!!! I LOVE SALMAN RUSHDIE!!! MAHOOD ACKBAR!!! AISHA!!! AISHA!!! AISHA!!! AISHA!!! AISHA!!! SEX WITH A NINE YEAR OLD!!! I AM NOT SUBDUE!!! LET’S DIE TOGETHER, BROTHER!!! LET’S BLEED INTO EACH OTHERS ARMS!! DEATH TO AMERICA!!! DEATH TO ISLAM!! DEATH TO THE PROPHET!!! DEATH TO ALLAH!!! LONG LIVE AYATOLLAH SALMON RUSHDIE, PROPHET OF ALLAH!!! I KILLED ALLAH, I TORE HIS HEART OUT, AND ATE IT!!!....,”
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While I’m wailing on him.

Give yourself 5 seconds to decide.

:-D

I like @Cruiser answer! I’d be helping him! lol
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But I would be A or B but as Violet says “I’m probably not big enough to “take ‘em out” but I can sure help with a plan that gets many of us together and beats the ever lovin’ shit out of ‘em!!! Might die trying but odds are you are gonna die anyway. So I’d rather go out with a try then to just sit back and cry. Lets get ‘em Phillis!

HA! You got that right, Nunya! Let’s go out with a BANG! If I’m gonna die, his ass is coming with me!! I sure as hell ain’t gonna be a pushover on my way out! Fuck THAT.

“Dateline: Detroit. Attempted suicide bomber gets torn assunder by angry fellow passengers—including one yelling incoherent anti-Islamic blasphemies. His death averted only by intervention of security guards. Federal agents won’t charge him until he regains consciousness.”

:-D

HAHAHAHAHA!! I think some of my relatives were there for that :D

I don’t know if I am proud of it or not, but I would be right there with @Civic_Cat ! I might be in jail too for attacking the security guard who is trying to protect the pathetic bastard.

I can’t really say as I blame you, @rooeytoo! I can’t imagine a security guard being so PC that he would protect a jerk like that, but I am sure there are more than a few out there who would.

In America, people are due a fair trial before they’re punished. If we were to simply kill them out of hand, are we any better than the countries and people that do?

Perhaps they hate us for our way of life. If so, I’m not sure I would lower my country and justice system to their level in order to avoid further terrorist attacks.

I’m wondering if I wasn’t clear enough when I said in the question, and in the thread that, in the scenario I gave, this person is armed (with something) and is attempting to bring down the plane and hurt other passengers.

Since that is the case, I don’t really give a fuck who stops him, but I would not object if I found myself on the front lines :)

@phillis Agree! If I were in midflight and a terrorist tried to bomb the plane, or tried to attack or harm people….....that shows INTENT to me! trying to attack and harm people….......sorry but IF it is a situation of kill or be killed, I’m gonna do my best to at least fuck him up real bad. I’ll get out umbrella and beat the shit out of that person. lol Or take an ear off with my teeth…....maybe even a chunk ov his cheek or arm. Then I’ll let the big boys have him. hahaha

Oh, yeah! He might not be afraid of dying quickly, but he’s going to feel some MAJOR F*CKING PAIN in those remaining moments before he goes.

wishing and praying he was dead cause he can’t dare go back home and tell them that he got beat up by 2 girls lol wouldn’t look good on his record.

I have a very hard time taking extreme orders under unpredictable circumstances…..especially like that on a plane and someone thinks he is gonna say I will blow you up…I would probably turn very aggressive and have to be pulled off his dead lifeless body once we land the plane safely

@Gossamer turn aggressive…....pulled off his dead lifeless body! I understand that one!

@laureth:
Agreed. If and when the suspect is spared the wrath of angry passengers, I expect the justice system to give him a decent trial, a humane sentence, and a pleasant stay in jail. Invite the Red Cross to provide him with cigarettes, a few 100 grams of chocolate, a Qu’ran, halal food, and a marker in the direction of Mecca.

I would hardly begrudge the guards/marshalls from doing their jobs, nor will I rail against the bars in my cell if and when I’m charged with attempted manslaughter—at least not for long.

However, as I’m an interested party who witnessed the attempted crime, I would feel less (morally) constrained to conform to due process as described in the constitutions of our countries (presuming you are an American).

Good luck surviving the bombing/plane crash so that you can attend that fair trial :)

@phillis – ga!

If the plane crashed there would be a need to try him.
:-D

Luckily, the chances of this ever coming to pass are vanishingly slim.

@laureth,
Tonight I sleep even easier.
:-D

I would think we are all going to die anyway. I’m going down swinging. And if we still die I’m going to chase his ass into the next life and raise an army of virgins to kick his ASS for all eternity. That will teach the little bastard. After I castrate him.

I’m with you, Pandora! That jerk is going to be completely miserable before he dies. What a bunch of pussies. They don’t mind dying quick, or attacking somebody when there’s no chance of a fair fight, but they sure don’t like pain. I say, become thier worst nightmare. Then the playing field is level again.

Mind you, a few have experienced pain—in Egyptian prisons for example
—or what I cited to urk intially
—it’s one of the reasons for the hate.

I figure more to impress them with the futility of their cause, but given some of the over-reaction, it validates their efforts.

I have been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for quite some time now. Here’s a list of things that I would do or at least attempt to do if time permits and we don’t get blowed up first:

1] Assuming others are helping or not, get him to the ground and disarm him.
2] establish a dominate position.
3] Break the first limb I get a hold of
4] Sequentially break, hyperextend or dislocate all four limbs
5] With him mangled and disabled, choke him out and when he wakes up….
6] Proceed with a boot party, all are welcome to join in, (a boot party if you don’t know is when you or a group of people stomp on someone repeatedly)
7] Group golden shower! Hot plates and more!!

Looks like you’re not mad anymore. Good to see you again. By the way, hows military life treating you these days?

I think you have me confused with someone else. I am not in the military. I am just visiting this place and I would not want to go out at the hands of some brainwashed believer of any faith or a deranged individual. I train in martial arts for many reasons and anger management is definitely one of them. There’s nothing like being able to overcome an opponent with little effort after having a bad day. It is kinetic chess, I use my mind to trick and bait, then switch and attack what they don’t see coming.

Anywho great question!

My apologies. You’re wearing some else’s cat.

No prob. I’m new and I just used on of the stock Avies.

I think that pic is one of the default here.
It was for me until I changed it to the one I have now.

Hi everyone.
Gotta go.
This Monday in Ontario is “Family Day.”
:-D

First I’d pee my pants then I’d get mad. I would wait until either an opportunity presented it’s self or until I was pretty sure were were all going to die anyway before I did anything. I wouldn’t want to get anyone killed by making a bad situation worse and I wouldn’t want to sit there doing nothing until it’s too late either.

Interesting thought process. Would taking action earlier perhaps prevent everyone from dying?

Hard to say in that type of situation. I’d be willing to take action but it’s life or death for all those around me and the pro and cons would be that much heavier. If it were just me on the plane I’d take my chances and err on the side of proactive.

Agreed. I’d hate to be the one responsible for people dying. Terrorists these days have that kind of bent, anyway, hence the wording of the question. All I know is if the person is planing on going down in a blaze of glory he’s going to feel some serious pain first. Decent answer, Silhouette.

A and B, Not much time to make decisions when the guy is gonna blow us out of the sky.

I want you on MY plane! GA, plethora.

@phillis Thank you. I have no fear of flying and do a lot of it and no fear of going down on a plane (seems to me one of the better ways to go), but the thought of a raghead blowing me out of the sky along with everyone else, just pisses me off so much, i would just as soon die stopping him. Since 9/11 and the heroic efforts of the passengers on the plane that went down in a field in PA, I have pondered many times what I would do. They set the example, because it never crossed my mind before then.

That’s the same image I get!! I always think of those guys and what kind of fear and anger forced them into taking action. Instead of paralyzing fear, I would be so pissed off and angry that I would be shaking. As you know by the internal structure of a plane, there is only a tiny window of opportunity in which to act, per section, before everything goes to hell (assuming that the terrorist isnt sitting passively with a bomb strapped to him). I WANT that opportunity! So awareness of the environment is crucial.

It occurs to me that it might be good to carry 3oz of pig fat in my carry on luggage so that I can at least deprive the raghead of his 40 virgins…..by dousing him..:)

Oh, snap, you’re a cruel bastard. Bahahahaha! I’ll bring some, too. We’ll force him into the bathroom. Odds are, the toilet won’t be facing east, either! We’ll get him coming and going :D:D:D

@plethora: There is some debate on the translation of the whole virgin thing from the quaran. Some scholars say that it really says that martyrs get dates (the fruit) not virgins in the afterlife. Wouldn’t you like to see the look on that dumb asses face when he gets to heaven and is handed a bunch of dates instead of virgins. Plus who would want the hassle of training a bunch of women how to do it. I would rather have one 25–35 year old women that knows her way around a cock! Also, what virgin is going to stick their finger in my ass while deep throating my cock and playing with my balls?

Wow. That’s a visual I could have done without.

I know why you like em younger. By the time they reach the age of 35 they tell you to go fuck yourself. You don’t need a date; You need a contortionist with no self-esteem and a burning desire to please. If she grew up as a golden retriever, all the better.

Screw the dating sites. I suggest Barnum and Bailey’s. They tour a city near you annually.

Honestly? C) or D)

I’m no hero.

@TheOnlyException At least you’ll be safer there! Cuz there’s some of us who plan on tearing this guy apart (It promises to be a messy affair). Thanks for your answer :)

@phillis Yeah, it’s good to know not everyone chose what I did! :P

@john65pennington ” the bomber does not want to die either, so keep this in mind. his main objective is to control the airplane” that’s the old theory. Now these people want to die. I feel that the least I could do is to make it as painful for them as possible. If I am going to die, at least I want to die really hurting these miserable stupid zealots.

My answer is A,B,E, F. If I don’t have anything to hurt them, I’ll bite the hell out of them. I really hate suicide murderers.

@Ron_C Can we fly together from now on?

Sure Phillis. I just had a thought that if I died with the creep I could drag his ass to god and then god and I would watch him barbecue.

It almost makes me want to be religious.

Bahahaha!! I’ll get the bricks and start on that right away! Say, what can I use for a skewer to turn him? I see what you mean…....how great thou art….....la,la,la. :)