The terrorists Have got us right where they want us

(Via BBC News)

A US Airways flight was diverted to Philadelphia after a young Jewish man's prayer items triggered a bomb scare, Philadelphia police said.

The incident arose when the man used a phylactery, a small black box Orthodox Jews strap to their head as part of their prayer rituals, police said.

The man was not arrested and the plane landed without incident.

US airports are on high alert after a Nigerian man was held over an alleged bomb plot on a plane last month.

His device allegedly malfunctioned and he was quickly overpowered by passengers and crew on the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.

The latest incident took place on a 50-seat regional jet originally bound for Louisville, Kentucky from New York's LaGuardia airport. It landed in Philadelphia at about 0900 local time (1400 GMT).

Phylacteries - called tefillin in Hebrew - are two small boxes of black leather, with straps attached to them.

Observant Jewish men are required to place one box on their head and tie the other one on their arm as part of their morning prayers.

Another example of how the people who perpetrated 9/11 have accomplished exactly what they wanted—to terrify us into destroying ourselves.

Remember the old Twilight Zone episode, "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street," where aliens use the paranoia of the townspeople to make them turn on each other so they can watch at a safe distance? This is just what Osama Bin Laden and his lackeys envisioned in their attacks; making us so scared we see terrorists in every person who is a little different from us. In a society which supposedly prides itself on diversity, fear of the "other" can cripple us. It is already happening among the right wing tea-baggers who see our President as a "foreign" influence, bent on the destruction of our society.

By giving in to fear, those who preach of racial profiling and draconian justice are doing just what Osama and his punks want. In fact, they are NO DIFFERENT from the terrorists, it that they wish to undermine and destroy the American way of life.