Apparently in the last week there has been an enormous uptick in the number of people requesting refunds for their flights. It is not unreasonable to assume that his followers may try to attack again as retaliation for his death. What I do see as unreasonable is all the cancellations.
Trying to retaliate does not automatically mean succeeding in that retaliation. We do ourselves a lot of damage both economically and emotionally by assuming that any retaliation attempts will automatically succeed.
We now have very sophisticated screening equipment and policies in place to prevent the takeover or bombing of planes despite the cries of the privacy groups who would apparently rather be killed than go through a full body scanner. I will agree that the TSA and some airports have allowed the employment of a number of Neanderthals whose joy in life is to torment people over whom they have authority but those incidents are fairly rare and the people involved in them are chastised and/or terminated from that job.
Stop requesting refunds for your tickets. Take your vacation. Go on that business trip. If you do not, than the terrorists are winning without having to do a thing.
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