Julia Altshuler wrote:
> Alright, how about this?
>
>
>
> In order to pack the maximum number of people on a plane while still
> insuring everyone gets a safe comfortable flight, the seats are taken
> out. They're replaced with long thin palates arranged like bunks. At
> security, as well as all carry-on luggage being inspected, all
> passengers are frisked and shoes are removed. Then they're given an
> injection which knocks them out. Airline personnel then wrap each
> passenger in a sheet with a barcode on it, piles the now inert passenger
> onto a luggage ramp, and loads the passengers into the plane, face up,
> on the bunks. They all then snooze in a drugged suspended animation for
> the duration of the trip.
>
>
> At the other end, each cocoon is unloaded, unwrapped, and given a
> reversal. Passengers come to, put on their shoes, and proceed to
> baggage claim.
>
>
> Instead of comparing meals, leg room, or service, passengers complain
> about the effectiveness of the drugs, how dry their mouths are on
> arrival, and their headaches. Instead of jetlag, people have to adjust
> to the muzzy headed feeling the drugs give them. The drugs don't affect
> everyone the same way. Some people get high. Drug addicts fly on
> purpose for that reason. Getting high takes on a whole new meaning.
>
>
> Jehovah Witnesses and other religious groups that don't drink object,
> and the system is taken to the Supreme Court. Must one be given drugs
> in order to fly? The immorality of unrelated male and female wrapped
> passengers being lain side by side is also brought into question. In a
> 5-4 decision, it is decided that flying is a privilege, not a right, and
> those who wish to fly the old fashioned way may pay a premium price, but
> since fewer and fewer airlines allow conscious passengers, a policy put
> into the place, by the way, for the safety of ALL passengers in these
> times of increased terrorist risk, religious zealots are dubbed luddites
> and told to stay home. Further, it is pointed out, if they're not
> willing to support American values by taking injections and flying, why
> should they be allowed to benefit from our flying culture by eating
> imported foods and living in houses made from flying technology ...
>
>
> --Lia
>
I think I saw that movie <vbg>

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