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Laser Injures Delta Pilot's Eye
stormfish writes "The Washington Times is reporting that laser light from an unknown source injured a pilot's eye as he was flying a Boeing 737 from Dallas to Salt Lake City. A 5 milliwatt laser pointer is strong enough to damage a person's eye, and stronger laser's are not that hard to come by. Unfortunately, having pilots wear colored laser safety glasses would be impractical as that would make it impossible to interpret the colored symbols on paper maps and cockpit displays."
What a facile argument.
Let's rephrase,
For the hobbiest that wants to get PLUTONIUM, and the business that needs them, you are just creating unnecessary headaches due to the irresponsible actions of a very few people.
Obviously the restrictive regulations around the refining and distrubution of fissile materials are to protect us from the few that would do us harm DESPITE the fact that easier access to these materials could have advanced nuclear science more quickly.
By you're rekoning we should let people have unrestricted access to Anthrax, Smallpox, Surface to Air Missiles, Nerve Gas, etc...