Dan Luke wrote:
This is a flying newsgroup where issues pertinent to the world of (mostly)
private airplanes are discussed. The loss of a $600k single-engine, piston
airplane is a significant event in this small world. It raises issues that
are on topic in this forum, that's why I posted the link and put it in the
context I did.

Exactly. The issues that this incident brings to light beyond the tragic deaths,
(which happen every single day X100 on the highways of this country) are what
your post was about. I (and 95% of the other readers) realize this are were
not "offended' by your post.