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fortran77yesterday at 2:01 PM5 repliesview on HN

The "Palestinian" movement _invented_ airplane hijacking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings_an...

So yes, the FBI will get involved in this case. In this context it is something to worry about.


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root-parentyesterday at 5:33 PM

Biased much? You could have used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking

That says:

"Airplane hijackings have occurred since the early days of flight. ...Pre-1929, 1929–1957, 1958–1979, 1980–2000, and 2001–present."

"...Between 1958 and 1967, there were approximately 40 hijackings worldwide..According to the FAA, in the 1960s, there were 100 attempts of hijackings involving U.S. aircraft: 77 successful and 23 unsuccessful....

"..In a five-year period (1968–1972) the world experienced 326 hijack attempts, or one every 5.6 days.."

And your conclusion is "Palestinian" movement (that you wrote between quotes)...invented airplane hijacking?

breezybottomyesterday at 2:39 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking

Looks like the first one was a Hungarian in 1919.

elzbardicoyesterday at 2:44 PM

Which is kind of ironic, considering modern terrorism was basically an invention of the Zionist movement in Palestine.

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lostloginyesterday at 6:49 PM

> In this context it is something to worry about.

Would you really be worried if someone said or wrote that near you in any context?

Short of them holding a weapon, this is baffling.

HN is generally absolutist when it comes to ‘freedom of speech’, and I don’t agree with having no limits, but in this instance it’s some overly sensitive overreaching BS.

Cyph0nyesterday at 2:06 PM

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