On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:31:39 GMT, Bob Noel
wrote in
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Pick a mission/objective that you think
a small aircraft could accomplish, and I'll find a cheaper, faster,
easier way to accomplish the same objective without using a small
aircraft, with the added bonus that the terrorist would likely survive
to attempt more evil.

How about this one offered by The Center for Strategic and
International Studies:

Anderson said terrorists could load a plane with explosives, add
shrapnel and possibly chemical or biological materials, and then
detonate a bomb inside a stadium.

(Keep in mind the fact that a reported 250 pound car bomb was adequate
to blow off the front of a building and kill many people in Iraq
recently.)

Obviously a UAV could be employed instead of C-172, but the
distinction would be insignificant. What (non-aviation) "cheaper,
faster, easier" delivery method do you think might accomplish the same
objective?

The realization that is ultimately reached by anyone attempting to
implement security, be it national or computer, is, that at some point
the imposition of security measures necessary to achieve REAL security
render the system effectively unusable. At that point security
becomes a matter of degree of inconvenience weighed against degree
security provided.

The media exploits this limitation by fanning the flames of public
hysteria to elicit a visceral response in its viewers/readers, so as
to create a desire in them to consume the media product in the vein
hope of becoming informed. Such unethical Yellow Journalism tactics
committed by immoral, exploitive, ignoble and self-serving New
Journalists border on actionable libel, and are certainly a betrayal
of the public trust granted news media to impartially expose
government and corporate fraud and corruption. Such abysmal behavior
is tantamount to a religious priest sexually abusing the children of
congregation members.....