Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group How about a WAY off-topic discussion for...

So in a small way they are stimulating our economy. (Perhaps if we pointed that out to them they'd stop it already.)

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From: medicbill@aol.com

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Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 12:06 AM

Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group How about a WAY off-topic discussion for...

 

They are winning because they we are living in fear. Just look at what they have done to our freedoms our commercial airlines and general aviation. The biggest winners are the companies who make all the new equipment that airlines and airports are forced to purchase in the name of safety which are  trickled down to all of us in the way of fees and taxes added on to the price to a airline ticket.

 

In a message dated 12/28/2009 8:39:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, brian@garrett.net writes:

I completely agree with you... but another way to look at it is, how often do you (or 20 to 60k of your closest friends) willingly walk into a sporting event, where there's minimal pat-down and bag inspection.  Oh wait - I can bring more than 3oz. of liquid into the game if it's in a sealed bottle.  Like that can't be done on the sly.  It sure wouldn't be hard to really impact a lot of folks in a negative way by doing that.

So what I'm trying to say is, we live in a dangerous world, but we shouldn't have to live in fear, or have even the most basic of human dignity (going to the bathroom) impacted simply because we have a small group of nutcases running around who think they are going to impact the world simply by terrorizing the rest of us.  The whole thing really just makes me sick.

Live life to the fullest, be sensibly aware of your surroundings, but don't live in fear of what "could" happen.

Brian

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, medicbill@... wrote:
>
> Lets look at this in another perspective. This guy got on the plane in 
> Amsterdam. Oh wait that is not the US so maybe they should look at the security
>  issues there instead of here. So now to make flying on commercial airlines
> more  irritating then it already is now all flights not just international
> flights you  have further restrictions. Not sure how older folks are going
> to be able to  handle not getting up the last hour. Maybe should invest in
> stock of the company  that makes Flomax.
> 
> 
> In a message dated 12/28/2009 1:31:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
> wrhobson@... writes:
>
>
>
> Pretty soon they'll just have us flying  naked.
> 
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:  _brianmacgeek_ (mailto:brian@...) 
> To: _Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com)  
> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 12:06  PM
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo  group How about a WAY off-topic
> discussion for the day?
>
>
>
> Is it just me, or do the new restrictions being placed on commercial 
> travel resulting from the latest stupid-person trying to set himself on fire 
> over Christmas just as silly of a reaction to the problem? I mean  really....?
> You can't go to the bathroom an hour before landing. You can't  have
> anything on your lap during the last hour. No blanket, no PDA, no...  laptop.
>
> The more I hear about this stuff the more I just shake my  head and am glad
> I'm working toward a license. I picture some day where it's  going to be so
> stupid-ridiculous to fly commercially that people are going  to start
> either a. not traveling at all, or b. getting their own private  license to avoid
> flying via the commercial airlines entirely - at least  continentally.
>
> The next thing you know the terrorists are going to  weave the bomb into
> their clothes - so they'll ban clothes when flying,  which could prove, uhm,
> interesting? It's not a far stretch, after all, the  shoe bomber managed to
> have us all have to take our shoes off at the airport  now.
>
> I'm not trying to advocate getting rid of security all together,  but lets
> use some common sense folks. There are many very well documented  cases of
> people intentionally getting around security. The whole 3oz. limit  of fluids
> (or whatever level it is) is ridiculous as well. If 10 terrorists  got
> together on a 250 seat plane with 10 bottles, that would make more than  enough
> of any explosive to get on board... heck, even 3oz. of the right item  could
> be bad (I'm no chemist, but I can't imagine 10 minutes of Googling 
> wouldn't turn up something).
>
> *sigh*.... sorry, and thanks for letting  me vent.
>
> Brian
>




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