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In message , at 12:56:14 on
Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Malcolm Weir remarked: The only "evidence" might be that they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, or had a foreign-sounding name. That's evidence, Jim, but not as we know it. You have no basis for that statement. None whatsoever. I read the papers (for example, when some UK detainees were finally repatriated; but also generally regarding the camp), there's enough in them to justify the "might" in my statement. But not the "only". My statement stands: you have no basis for your statement. None whatsoever. Erm, the "might" refers to the "only", old chap. -- Roland Perry |
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In message , at 12:56:14 on
Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Malcolm Weir remarked: The only "evidence" might be that they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, or had a foreign-sounding name. That's evidence, Jim, but not as we know it. You have no basis for that statement. None whatsoever. I read the papers (for example, when some UK detainees were finally repatriated; but also generally regarding the camp), there's enough in them to justify the "might" in my statement. But not the "only". My statement stands: you have no basis for your statement. None whatsoever. Erm, the "might" refers to the "only", old chap. -- Roland Perry |
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Until all this airport security settles down, we are all going to be
subject to these annoying adventures. You are still getting people who are suspicious of every little thing that is happening, or what they are seeing.....and this is going to slow down everything.....also power hungry attendents..... |
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Until all this airport security settles down, we are all going to be
subject to these annoying adventures. You are still getting people who are suspicious of every little thing that is happening, or what they are seeing.....and this is going to slow down everything.....also power hungry attendents..... |
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On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 16:49:07 -0500, nobody wrote:
Malcolm Weir wrote: .In the US classified info is supposed to based upon damage to the national security to the US. Gantanamo has ZERO to do with national security. False. *You* may happen to believe that everyone there is innocent, but I don't. I *also* don't believe that everyone there is guilty. Some are one, some are the other. They took random afghans from the street and sent them there to be detailed without charge, Kinda true, but not correct anymore. without any evidence, Categorically false. without due legal process. Kinda true, but not any more. When your country is being invaded by foreigners (whether the invasion is sanctioned by UN or not), citizens have a right to fight back. Right? Maybe. But that's not what those detained at Guantanamo are largely charged with. Only a complete moron would conclude that only 600 or so people fought back! Heck, the USA is the last country that should complain about citizens bearing arms since this is written into their constitution for that very reason. I agree. So what? So just because some citizens had guns and fought the invading force doesn't make them terrorists. True. However, some terrorists *also* had guns and *also* fought the Northern Alliance (who weren't, in fact, an invading force, but let's not quibble over facts like that). It's undeniable that there were lots and lots of terrorists/terrorist supporters in Afghanistan. You can be assured that the serious al qaeda folks had long ago fled Afghanistan since they knew that the country would be invaded by western nations. Maybe. But maybe not. Gantanamo was purely a PR exercise by the Bush regime directed towards domestic media consumption and part of their scare tactics and to show how Bush had captured "terrorists". Get off your sad little conspiracy horse... Americans consumed this because they are so gullible. The rest of the world seen Gantanamo as a horrible human righst violations by an authoritarion police state regime. Compare and contrast Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with HMP Belmarsh. (e.g. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4100481.stm) Malc. |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 03:01:50 GMT, Adam Weiss
wrote: [ Snip ] If it really would be too expensive (and I'd be interested in a cite showing exactly how expensive it would be), then perhaps we might enact laws to make it illegal for an airport in the US to have the word "international" in its name without being a point of entry for US Customs. Airports that are not in compliance (such as Moses Lake's Grant County International Airport) could either change their names or spend the money to become a point of entry - it's up to them. Good News! Grant County International Airport *is* a point of entry!! It would be logical to prohibit airports from calling themselves "international" if they are not equipped to handle international flights. And the law already works this way for professionals - for example it is illegal for someone who is not licensed to practice architecture to refer to themselves as an architect. You've confused the whole issue of whether Grant County/Moses Lake is "equipped" to handle "international flights" with the issue of whether the airport is equipped to handle the no-notice diversion of a DC-10 full of international passengers... At least then it would be easy for a pilot whose international flight is diverted to know before-hand if they're diverting to an airport that can handle their passengers, or if they're heading for more delays. Why bother? Commercial pilots divert under two circumstances: either under an emergency procedure, where ATC provides assistance, or under a non-emergency procedure, where the company flight operations provide input. I was on a (domestic) flight that was operating from DEN to LAX, when the captain saw anomalies with one of the engines. So they planned a diversion (to SLC, as it happens), as a reasonably close airport with airline staff and so on. Shortly afterwards, she (the captain) decided that the anomaly had reached the point that she didn't want to fly any further, and did an emergency diversion to Grand Junction, CO, which is an airport which that airline doesn't normally serve, and which usually handles nothing much larger than a regional jet. We sat on the ground for about 4 hours until they flew in a replacement (the last hour or so was after the time the airport normally closed!) The point being that the airline's systems had us where they expected us to go (SLC), not where we were (Grand Junction), for most of the time we were on the ground... Lastly, I'd point out that the situation in Moses Lake was (a) no big deal: no-one was hurt, no-one suffered any injury, and (b) is incredibly rare. So let's not get all worked up about something that was a undoubtedly a screwup, but not a serious one, and it is best fixed by having the airline try harder to avoid diversions to airports where they don't have a presence. All the while remembering that if international flights start diverting more pro-actively, then the screams of rage about the horror of being delayed will increase. (i.e. Pick one!) Malc. |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 03:01:50 GMT, Adam Weiss
wrote: [ Snip ] If it really would be too expensive (and I'd be interested in a cite showing exactly how expensive it would be), then perhaps we might enact laws to make it illegal for an airport in the US to have the word "international" in its name without being a point of entry for US Customs. Airports that are not in compliance (such as Moses Lake's Grant County International Airport) could either change their names or spend the money to become a point of entry - it's up to them. Good News! Grant County International Airport *is* a point of entry!! It would be logical to prohibit airports from calling themselves "international" if they are not equipped to handle international flights. And the law already works this way for professionals - for example it is illegal for someone who is not licensed to practice architecture to refer to themselves as an architect. You've confused the whole issue of whether Grant County/Moses Lake is "equipped" to handle "international flights" with the issue of whether the airport is equipped to handle the no-notice diversion of a DC-10 full of international passengers... At least then it would be easy for a pilot whose international flight is diverted to know before-hand if they're diverting to an airport that can handle their passengers, or if they're heading for more delays. Why bother? Commercial pilots divert under two circumstances: either under an emergency procedure, where ATC provides assistance, or under a non-emergency procedure, where the company flight operations provide input. I was on a (domestic) flight that was operating from DEN to LAX, when the captain saw anomalies with one of the engines. So they planned a diversion (to SLC, as it happens), as a reasonably close airport with airline staff and so on. Shortly afterwards, she (the captain) decided that the anomaly had reached the point that she didn't want to fly any further, and did an emergency diversion to Grand Junction, CO, which is an airport which that airline doesn't normally serve, and which usually handles nothing much larger than a regional jet. We sat on the ground for about 4 hours until they flew in a replacement (the last hour or so was after the time the airport normally closed!) The point being that the airline's systems had us where they expected us to go (SLC), not where we were (Grand Junction), for most of the time we were on the ground... Lastly, I'd point out that the situation in Moses Lake was (a) no big deal: no-one was hurt, no-one suffered any injury, and (b) is incredibly rare. So let's not get all worked up about something that was a undoubtedly a screwup, but not a serious one, and it is best fixed by having the airline try harder to avoid diversions to airports where they don't have a presence. All the while remembering that if international flights start diverting more pro-actively, then the screams of rage about the horror of being delayed will increase. (i.e. Pick one!) Malc. |
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