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Civil Liberties Zealots Need Their Own Airline

Heather Mac Donald's Dec. 2 editorial-page piece "Straighten Up and Fly Right" is a sensible analysis of the problems airlines have enforcing the security mandates. How quickly we forget that fanatics are trying to kill us. Since when did it become the civil-rights lobby's mandate to preclude me and my loved ones from having every precaution taken to ensure our safety? Insurance companies target high-risk individuals for higher premiums (as they should), so why should the airlines not be able to target high-risk passengers to ensure safety, as much as possible, for everyone?