"More than 6 billion consecutive safe arrivals of airline passengers since the attacks on America on September 11th 2001 mean that whatever the annoying and seemingly obtuse airport-security measures may have been, they have been ultimately successful."
The first paragraph of Hawley's opening statement is a complete non-sequitur and doesn't bode well for the rest of his arguments.
I have this magic trinket that prevents elephant attacks. The lack of elephant attacks in the past decade certainly proves that my magic trinket works; would you like to buy it for $10,000,000?
The first paragraph of Hawley's opening statement is a complete non-sequitur and doesn't bode well for the rest of his arguments.