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kairos12

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12. Observation

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:11 PM

Dec 2012

I am also greatly saddened by this past week's events. Maybe I didn't make my point as well as I could have. It seems to me that civil aviation authorities do everything possible to make sure they are not combing through wreckage. If they can find the mechanic's wrench in the engine before the plane takes off we are sparred the site of the FAA combing through a disaster. It just seems like to me that we are endlessly combing through mass shooting sites without acquiring the political will necessary to prevent the next disaster. Close the gun show loop hole for example.

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Plane Crashes versus Mass Shootings [View all] kairos12 Dec 2012 OP

I don't think that this is useful comparison cali Dec 2012 #1

I think the OP's intention was to make a point, namely, Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #4

It's a GREAT comparison. It's like wringing hands and saying Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #8

They're also both high-coverage, low-probability Recursion Dec 2012 #2

Worth repeating: 99Forever Dec 2012 #3

Simple difference: To the NRA, the gun isn't the "defective" part; the shooter is. CakeGrrl Dec 2012 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech Dec 2012 #6

Miss the Point kairos12 Dec 2012 #7

I think you have a good point. redwitch Dec 2012 #10

Observation kairos12 Dec 2012 #12

You are fucking wrong. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #11

Good points. We learn and change procedures after every plane crash. n/t LeftinOH Dec 2012 #9