REFLECTOR: GA Scare Article in Boston Globe

Robajohnson at comcast.net Robajohnson at comcast.net
Fri Aug 27 10:40:08 CDT 2004


Excellent work Andy! 
However, I fear it was a waste of your writing talent. After all this is the BOSTON Globe. By definition, anybody that lives in BOSTON could not care less about freedom or else they would not live there! 
DM Rob

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> This is the same paper that published that nasty article on Tim 
> Crawford. It was titled "Type of plane that scientist flew to his death 
> has a crash history." It was by Michael Rosenwald. For those that 
> weren't around then, Tim was a prolific builder, scientist, and all 
> round great guy. He died from a stroke while flying his Longeze. When 
> the plane crashed into the sea he was already gone. They wrote an 
> article on how the plane was a death trap and we should all be living in 
> fear as they are falling out of the skies. 
> 
> I believe several of us wrote the paper but no one received a response 
> and I do not believe they printed a correction or retraction. 
> 
> Anyway, here was my reply: 
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> My name is Andy Millin and I am a father, business owner, general 
> aviation pilot, and I am an American. 
> 
> I read the story "Analysts warn of small-plane terrorism threat" by 
> Karen Schaleron on your website today. 
> 
> The story saddens me greatly. Not because there is a potential threat to 
> my security, but that there are those that will point at freedom and cry 
> "security threat." Even worse is the media, hungry to sell, that gives a 
> pulpit to this sensationalism. 
> 
> My belief is that the terrorist that attacked on September 11, 2001, 
> were not just trying to kill Americans. Their primary goal was far more 
> insidious. They wanted to attack the American way of life. Our freedom. 
> You know, the thing we have been fighting and dieing for since 1776. 
> 
> The aftermath of the attacks has given the terrorists almost complete 
> victory. Huge economic downturn. Many industries were crippled. Aviation 
> still has not completely recovered. They managed to get our government 
> to spend itself into a daunting deficit. We now have security screening 
> systems at our airports that are very expensive and only provide a 
> feeling of security. It has been shown on multiple occasions that an 
> intelligent person with malicious intent WILL find a way beat these 
> systems. 
> 
> The pervasive paranoia has led to the massive security expense and 
> effort surrounding any large public event. The Olympics, the Democratic 
> and Republican National Conventions, etc. If I were the terrorist I 
> would be quite happy. "Look at them spend themselves into the ground. 
> They run around with fear and mistrust. Look at them strip away their 
> hard fought freedoms. We are winning." 
> 
> If you don't believe me, just try to go up inside the Statue of Liberty. 
> You can't; too much of a security risk. This is a national monument to 
> freedom and the American way and it is now off limits. I weep. 
> 
> As for the threat from General Aviation. I cannot deny that if someone 
> were intent on hurting others and wanted to use an aircraft to do it 
> they could. But how many other scenarios could we come up with using a 
> car or truck? Timothy McVeigh did not attack with a four place Cessna 
> 172. And yet I haven't seen a release from David Heyman espousing the 
> danger of Ryder trucks. I haven't seen the Boston Globe story on how the 
> trucking industry could be then next terrorist tool. 
> 
> The story infers that ALL aircraft should be screened before being 
> allowed to take off. Will we also propose that every person must go 
> through a security screening before they can enter an Interstate 
> Highway? 
> 
> If you really want to be sensational, tell the whole truth. I've got the 
> headline for you. "Small Group of Ordinary People Thinks of Thousands of 
> Ways We are Vulnerable to Attack. Recommends We All Stay In Our Homes." 
> "Sounds like the safest plan" says David Heyman. 
> 
> This type of sensational scare story is literally doing the bidding of 
> Osma Bin Laden. I beg your paper to focus on the strong American Spirit. 
> If you want an example, here I am. I would rather die than give up any 
> of the freedoms that are my birthright as an American. 
> 
> With best regards, 
> 
> Andy Millin 
> 
> 
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