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Old December 14th 05, 08:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Private Planes: Freedom, Security, and Responsibility

I also "suspect" this could have been done with MS Flight Sim. But, that
is not what really happened. Fact: The terrorists trained at GA
schools

Yes they did. Many flight school students were/are Arabic. The
overwhelming majority are not terrorists. What do you suggest might
have prevented the attack? If you're going to suggest tighter screening
of foreign students, that's not up to the flight schools, that would be
a gov't function as it would involve the State Dept. So, tell me how GA
was responsible again?

Here's a parallel for you. Tim McVeigh rented a Ryder truck filled with
fertilizer that blew away half a building in OKC. Should the feds have
had tighter screening standards in place for truck rentals before this
happened? I doubt anybody would have suspected a rental being used for
such evil intent. Where do you draw the line? What reasonable standard
exists that won't curtail the rights & freedoms of law abiding folks?


I need to pull out the handy John Adams quote again: "Facts are stubborn

things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the
dictates
of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

You quote this as if it helps make your case somehow. It doesn't. Shoo,
fly...