(On why rich people should be exempt from security)You know that Atta guy? He wasn't sitting in first class okay? Just before he cooked that airplane into the World Trade Center, he wasn't having a Momosa and a bagel with cream cheese, okay?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He downplays a terrorist’s class status, noting he wasn’t in first class before the attack.
- In plain terms
- He says the attacker wasn’t sitting in first class before the World Trade Center attack.
- What can you take from it?
- Social class is irrelevant to violent actions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the purpose of linking class to terrorism?
- Does this argument hold logical weight?
Another view
The comment trivializes a serious tragedy.
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