Since 9/11, haven't the airlines and the government gotten ridiculously paranoid?

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Seriously, what is wrong with these people? I don't think the stewardess was being racist, but I do think some of them have gotten really aggressive and nasty towards paying customers. I was on a flight from LA to Chicago in 2004 after a sleepless 14-hour flight from Australia. This stewardess freaked out about [...]