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Re: More on Airport security.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:59:22 GMT
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> > > Now, to reduce the risks to zero, cars or beer would have to be banned. I
> > > would benefit, but the price (for me) would be too high for me to pay (I
> > > enjoy beer).
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> > I agree.
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> You agree I enjoy beer?
No, since I neve had a beer with you, I can only agree that banning beer or
banning cars seems exaggerated.
> > > So, we all benefit from safe air travel. But some benefit more than others.
> > > Therefore, we all need to pay – but some need to pay more than others. As
> > > with roads, Tax should pay to enforce safety and set standards, but the
> > > users should pay to use the service. However, if an economic case can be
> > > made which proves that investing public money in air safety will boost the
> > > economy and increase tax revenues by a margin which exceeds the investment
> > > - we would be fools to ignore it. Has a CBA been done for “air marshals”?
> >
> > This is too profit and economy oriented, and too mono-causal thinking. There
> > is no god given right to economic growth, not even for air traffic
> > companies.
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> It is the world we live in Horst. I'm not anti-economic growth, I just want
> to spread around a little and make it sustainable. I know sharing gives some
> people nightmares, but I can live with that.
The world we live in is based on mono-causal relationships? I don't see it
that way. And I am probably more pro sharing than a lot of people here. I
just don't see how exactly sharing the risks while privatizing the profits
makes sense.
> > :wq
>
> ?
> Scott A
Hard core UNIX users will know what it means: the "Save & Quit" shortcut for
vi (which is the traditional ASCII editor for UNIX systems).
Greetings
Horst (who is a bit behind in reading news ...)
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| (...) Horst, in future please don't trim the "who wrote what" lines away... if you cite some prose at 4 or 5 or 6 nest levels deep it's important to know who said what else you run the risk of severe misquoting. So the referenced post should have (...) (25 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) If you buy goods from air users you will pay. If you pay tax you will pay for the policing? (...) I think you should act reasonably. (...) Some say they do already (tax). (...) Some do view air travel as "essential". I view it as a bore, but (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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