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Jake Brodsky wrote:
What's broken is the assumption that this really DOES stop pink elephants. The assumption that there in fact ARE Pink Elephants (ie. Suicide Terrorists flying GA aircraft) is what's wrong here. We've never seen one. They would seem to be highly improbable creatures. I just read an article in today's NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/15/politics/15TALK.html It includes: Just before Thanksgiving last year, his first novel, "The Last Jihad," was published. It begins with a suicide pilot crashing his private plane into the president's motorcade and ends with the president saying a silent prayer as the nuclear bombs he ordered are dropped on Iraq. By December, it was on The New York Times best-seller list, where it stayed for 11 weeks. Apparently, the author is well connected with the "conservative establishment". He was able to get himself on all sorts of "talk shows" to promote his book to that audience. Normally, I'd be all for an author's success. However, it provides a bit of a view into why the current administration has such fears of raging pink elephants. - Andrew |
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Bob Noel wrote:
In article , "G.R. Patterson III" wrote: That's great logical reasoning. Let's see: "If you haven't flown on the Concorde, you are not competent to comment on it.....If you haven't been in the crash, you are not competent to comment on it.....If you haven't been to Venus, you are not competent to comment on it." Yup, that sure makes sense. All true statements. Glad you agree. utter nonsense I was hoping to hear comments on flying at (on? over?) Venus. - Andrew |
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 22:31:02 -0500, Andrew Gideon
wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/15/politics/15TALK.html Apparently, the author is well connected with the "conservative establishment". He was able to get himself on all sorts of "talk shows" to promote his book to that audience. Normally, I'd be all for an author's success. However, it provides a bit of a view into why the current administration has such fears of raging pink elephants. Yes, there are many ignorati pontificating on this preposterous possibility, despite the technical hurdles one would need to overcome, and the unlikeliness that anyone with this sort of background could brainwash themselves enough to do this sort of thing. What is lacking is a sense of perspective on the likeliness of a threat and the existence of much more commonplace and simple techniques. This is not a liberal/conservative issue. This is an issue of ignorance and stupidity run amok. Both the left and the right has their fair share of twits like this. But they're not a fundamental part of policy for either side as far as I know. Jake Brodsky, PP ASEL IA, Cessna Cardinal N30946, Based @ FME Amateur Radio Station AB3A |
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