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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Poetic justice
Message-ID: <614@terak.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 11:51:28 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 20 11:51:28 1985
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One of the problems with trying to solve the "airport noise" problem is
that it isn't just one problem.  For some people, it's the jet airliners
that drive 'em nuts, for others it's turboprops, and for others it's
light planes.

Further compounding the mess is that a number of people who complain
about the noise aren't really bothered by the noise itself (no matter
what they claim).  For those people, the noise is simply a reminder that
other people *are* flying.

Some of those folks are afraid that the planes will fall on them.  We
know that this fear is irrational (you won't hear the one that falls
on you :-) but that doesn't help much.

A surprisingly large number of people simply resent (on a Puritan basis)
other people enjoying themselves in public.  Airplanes are just one
target of this resentment.  They also object to dirt bikes, cars
"leaving patches", ghetto blasters, public drunkenness, and loud
talking/laughter in restaurants and other public places.  (Did you see a
bit of yourself in that list?  I admit that I resent some of those
things myself).
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Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{ihnp4,seismo,decvax}!noao!terak!doug
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