"I lived in a neighborhood that became a ghetto. I know of which I speak. Besides, sorry, I'm not going to put myself in harm's way just so I can contribute to a community that doesn't give a shit about me."
There appear to be many Slashdotters who think you are obliged to do that. Wether THEY would do as they would have you do at your expense is questionable.
I'm an experienced aircraft mechanic and have no problem with it.
"Such parts wouldn't be there in the first place, now would they?"
"Fairing" comes to mind. which exists to cover structure and streamline flow.
Even delicate fighters can have considerable defects and be safe to fly. One inspects, documents, and monitors those with inputs from engineers and tech reps.
Depends entirely on what is cracking and how much. It is routine for damage found on aircraft inspection to be reported to the manufacturer for engineering guidance.
Defect limits exist for many aircraft and engine components. For example, borescope (think "endoscope for machines") inspection of turbines is used to check allowable wear and damage. That can be considerable depending on the engine.
You are angry but you don't articulate a counter-argument. That's because there is not one.
As free citizens, you and I are _free_ to make travel choices according to available information.
I am free to avoid areas where I don't NEED to be. That those areas might "need" me for good or ill doesn't matter. I owe no area my presence. You owe no area yours.
I harm no one. I look out for MY advantage. My advantage doesn't require someone else be DIS-advantaged.
Explain what problem that creates. I suggest, "none". I deny no one habitation. I don't exclude anyone. At all. I move where I am welcome. High-crime areas have different demographics than low-crime areas.
If I select by demographics, I win. It's, as I said, about me. I'm spending money I earn to live where I like. If you like spending your money differently, then buy differently as you are free to do.
I don't live with White Trash either. As I said, I wish to live among those "like me", not poor folks of any race/color/creed/ethnicity. I've seen how they do each other and I can take a hint.
It pays to ask probing questions and do a good recon wherever you move. My personal security and my home value are what I care about.
I don't care about what anyone else wants to do and I defy you to articulate why I should sacrifice what benefits me.
Now demonstrate why I shouldn't do what is advantageous to me.
Precisely WHAT is offensive about not seeking out disadvantageous situations?
It's about me. I'm not "angry" at anyone not like me, but I don't care for poor people and crime and the inevitable deterioration of neighborhoods where the economically disadvantaged move in. Those not like me WILL NOT look out for my interests, and based on experience of working in undesirable neighborhoods and seeing the crime and theft rates, I don't need that.
Quite right. All crimes with location data should be in a national online database so bad areas can be avoided.
I have a policy when dealing with realtors. It's not AT ALL politically correct, but my safety trumps everything else so I don't pretend to care.
I select realtors of similar demographics to myself, and bluntly inform them I want "no/few fucking neighbors, and none who are poor, and none who don't look like me".
I got what I wanted.
VOLUNTARY segregation is "the right of free association", and I'm all about me so I practice it when making the massive investment of a home. That's no time to bother with principles which are not to your advantage.
As I said "tighten them". If it's not a truck (separate cab and traditional separate pickup bed which can be easily unbolted and replaced with utility/flat/stake/wrecker/etc beds) then it's not a truck.
Ethanol loopholes need to end. We aren't Brazil and don't need to burn our food! The shit is wretched when used in small engines too....
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He's clearly a raging idiot. Americans should not visit Iran.
"Telling Iran that you were formerly in the US army is not the kind of thing you would do if you were an actual spy."
Which is why it would make good cover.
You got downmodded by fools. No reason exists for anyone not a spy or a fool to go there. Same deal with the "hikers" who got scooped up a while back.
The most arrogant Americans are those who think they can go anywhere in the world without consequences.
It's reasonable, and no loyal American would even consider visiting Iran were he NOT a spy.
He's either a fool or he's guilty.
He visited Iran and is of Iranian ancestry. That's "volunteering" for whatever they wish to do to him.
The technicality of his US citizenship doesn't negate the fact no one should visit Iran who doesn't support the Mullocracy.
I'd prefer they execute him.
"Really, anyone who throws the idiot blanket over seniors (like I used to)"
Most people are idiots, and don't improve with age.
Not even slightly. I don't screw anyone else over, nor am I obliged to be screwed.
The idea that you can look out for yourself without bothering others defies modern social programming.
Perhaps all the above, but as I coast into dementia I'll have moobs to play with....
The trouble with flight is that it's a flawlessly good idea for the people who are fleeing.
There is no logical argument for staying.
It's not my job to visit or travel through ghettos.
I don't aspire to be the next Reginald Denny.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Denny_incident
2011 was the safest year for commercial flying since 1945.
Map those too.
Good idea! Police blotters should feed an online crime database.
It's PUBLIC information. Let the PUBLIC decide what to do with it.
I do economic flight too.
When a neighbourhood is obsolete the only cures are gentrification or a wrecking ball.
"I lived in a neighborhood that became a ghetto. I know of which I speak. Besides, sorry, I'm not going to put myself in harm's way just so I can contribute to a community that doesn't give a shit about me."
There appear to be many Slashdotters who think you are obliged to do that. Wether THEY would do as they would have you do at your expense is questionable.
"the philosophy that says that all other races are less than you." /=
"certain demographics are MUCH more likely to commit crime".
I'm an experienced aircraft mechanic and have no problem with it.
"Such parts wouldn't be there in the first place, now would they?"
"Fairing" comes to mind. which exists to cover structure and streamline flow.
Even delicate fighters can have considerable defects and be safe to fly. One inspects, documents, and monitors those with inputs from engineers and tech reps.
Depends entirely on what is cracking and how much. It is routine for damage found on aircraft inspection to be reported to the manufacturer for engineering guidance.
Defect limits exist for many aircraft and engine components. For example, borescope (think "endoscope for machines") inspection of turbines is used to check allowable wear and damage. That can be considerable depending on the engine.
You are angry but you don't articulate a counter-argument. That's because there is not one.
As free citizens, you and I are _free_ to make travel choices according to available information.
I am free to avoid areas where I don't NEED to be. That those areas might "need" me for good or ill doesn't matter. I owe no area my presence. You owe no area yours.
I harm no one. I look out for MY advantage. My advantage doesn't require someone else be DIS-advantaged.
Explain what problem that creates. I suggest, "none". I deny no one habitation. I don't exclude anyone. At all. I move where I am welcome. High-crime areas have different demographics than low-crime areas.
If I select by demographics, I win. It's, as I said, about me. I'm spending money I earn to live where I like. If you like spending your money differently, then buy differently as you are free to do.
I don't live with White Trash either. As I said, I wish to live among those "like me", not poor folks of any race/color/creed/ethnicity. I've seen how they do each other and I can take a hint.
It pays to ask probing questions and do a good recon wherever you move. My personal security and my home value are what I care about.
I don't care about what anyone else wants to do and I defy you to articulate why I should sacrifice what benefits me.
Hi APK. Why U Poast AC?
Your anger issues amuse me greatly.
Now demonstrate why I shouldn't do what is advantageous to me.
Precisely WHAT is offensive about not seeking out disadvantageous situations?
It's about me. I'm not "angry" at anyone not like me, but I don't care for poor people and crime and the inevitable deterioration of neighborhoods where the economically disadvantaged move in. Those not like me WILL NOT look out for my interests, and based on experience of working in undesirable neighborhoods and seeing the crime and theft rates, I don't need that.
Quite right. All crimes with location data should be in a national online database so bad areas can be avoided.
I have a policy when dealing with realtors. It's not AT ALL politically correct, but my safety trumps everything else so I don't pretend to care.
I select realtors of similar demographics to myself, and bluntly inform them I want "no/few fucking neighbors, and none who are poor, and none who don't look like me".
I got what I wanted.
VOLUNTARY segregation is "the right of free association", and I'm all about me so I practice it when making the massive investment of a home. That's no time to bother with principles which are not to your advantage.
Crime rates don't care what you call home, and if I'm travelling _I_ don't care what you call home.
If you live in a high crime area, you don't need me as a visitor. You have no complaint.
As I said "tighten them". If it's not a truck (separate cab and traditional separate pickup bed which can be easily unbolted and replaced with utility/flat/stake/wrecker/etc beds) then it's not a truck.
Ethanol loopholes need to end. We aren't Brazil and don't need to burn our food! The shit is wretched when used in small engines too....