Sorry, but the ends do not justify the means.

The skies are not filled with skid row passengers as such a bill might lead us to believe. People who fly plastered are a tiny, tiny minority of the thousands of people who take to the skies each day. We don't need legislation that unfairly affects the overwhelming majority of passengers who drink responsibly.

It's this kind of stupid, knee-jerk legislation that really annoys me. A small number of people can't do Z (insert noun or verb here) responsibly, so let's forbid Z.

Why don't we take this idiotic proposition a step further. Someone was killed by a speeding motorist. Let's ban cars. Children have been injured while riding skateboards, let's ban them too. Cell phones might cause cancer, let's ban them as well. Somebody spilled coffee on themselves and died from the burns, let's ban coffee and all hot drinks for that matter. If we can save just one life by banning hot drinks, the world will be a safer, happier place.

Let's face it, the world is not a 100% safe place. You can either accept that and expect responsible behavior out of people, enforcable by law or you can try to regulate/restrict the world until each of us has his/her own nice safe padded room. For people who prefer option B, instead of flying, why not just stay home each day, it's so much safer!

"Smithers, who is that ignoramus??"

------------------
"Sire, it is not a revolt. It is a Revolution!"

[This message has been edited by Spiff (edited 07-16-2001).]