MARK STEYN: “CLOCK BOY HAS TAUGHT US ALL A VALUABLE LESSON WITH HIS DROLL AND SPECTACULARLY SUCCESSFUL PROVOCATION:”

The US Department of Homeland Security’s slogan is “If You See Something, Say Something” — unless it’s something that might get you accused of Islamophobia, in which case keep it to yourself.

Which is where we came in, on the morning of Tuesday September 11th 2001 at the US Airways First Class check-in desk:

I got an instant chill when I looked at [Mohammed Atta]. I got this grip in my stomach and then, of course, I gave myself a politically correct slap…I thought, ‘My God, Michael, these are just a couple of Arab businessmen.’

Clockmed has raised the bar on that one. My God, this is just a young Muslim male. So what if he’s ticking? Do I really want to be tied up in sensitivity-training hell for the next six months?

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