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From: Andrew Gideon
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 02:05

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Carey Gregory wrote:

> Andrew Gideon <ag7337@gideon.org> wrote:
> 
>>But the reality is the government is grandstanding while putting our
>>children at risk.
> 
> You'll get no argument from me that most of the post-9/11 security
> measures
> are useless wastes of time and money.  (But, really, there's no need to
> throw in the children thing for emotional effect.  We're all at risk.)

It's my sense of justice.  The theocrats like to use "think of the children"
as an excuse for all sorts of abuses of freedom; turnabout is fair play.

[...]

> 
> Restricted airspaces have always existed in aviation.  I fail to see why
> it's so unreasonable now.

It's a very expensive tool which achieves very little.  Spending the same
effort/money/manpower on something more effective (ie. guarding our food
supply, perhaps) would be the wise choice.  But that doesn't have the same
PR value of "doing something" that's highly visible.

And it doesn't serve to protect only the self-important people making the
rules.

 - Andrew

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From: Andrew Gideon <ag7337@gideon.org>
Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services,rec.aviation.student,dc.general,md.general
Subject: Re: Off topic? Planes (My quiet street)
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 22:05:17 -0400
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