On Monday, October 22, 2012 7:56:14 AM UTC-7, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/22/2012 6:23 AM, BruceGreeff wrote:

I wuz just winding RAS up Eric...



Someone DID get locked up without good cause or due process. Some

sheriff being over zealous no doubt, but still good for a dig at

officialdom.



On 2012/10/21 7:33 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:

Now, now, let's not generalize so much. We've had these sensitive areas,

like reactors and dams, for 11 years now, and this is the first time a

glider pilot has been harassed. This seems to be a very special case,

not "a propensity to police state excesses"; remember, the FAA said it

was fine.



Again, my point is it's not "officialdom" that appears to be the

problem, but more likely an "official" - one person, perhaps two or

three in one place at that particular time.



What I've noticed over the years is we rarely know all the details, so

it's difficult to asses the blame; for example, maybe these people were

on a super-alert because they'd had recent communications from Homeland

Security about potential terrorist acts; maybe the glider pilot was

belligerent instead of accommodating; and so on. It does no good to trot

out our favorite bogeyman whenever things like this happen, given our

lack of knowledge of the situation.



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