Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Security Question

Post by ThrustVectoring » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 4:02 AM UTC

kingjacob wrote: post #126

hueving wrote: post #123

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Pointless attempt to tie a political view to a tragedy, please don't do this. There have been massacres, bombings, dramatic suicides, etc long before the Reagan administration and none of them have claimed "If I would have only had 20% more compensation I wouldn't have violently murdered these 20 people." P.S. It's godspeed, not "God speed".

No one says that outright but poverty and violent extremism are pretty closely linked. Its not the only factor ofc, and youll always have outliers, but comfortable people with things worth losing are less likely to do something to endanger that.

Post by alkonaut » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 6:08 AM UTC

GhostVII wrote: post #190

alkonaut wrote: post #164

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Reading the dialog I think it's fair to say that both a) the man was not quite well, and b) the only motivation he actually DID suggest was the stress of low wage. So there's that.

He seemed to throw the minimum wage thing in as an afterthought though, not sure that was actually a significant motivation for him.

Post by sitkack » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 7:29 AM UTC

projectileboy wrote: post #178

claydavisss wrote: post #175

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No no no. People who overpaid for medallions gambled and lost. It is not my problem to subsidize. Why not also subsidize traders who lose on a stock? If you want a society where people can't lose then you also get a society where no one wins.

I wouldn’t necessarily say you’re wrong, but (at least in the US) we have a long history of taxpayer-subsidized bailouts for the very wealthy who take gambles and lose (e.g., 80s S&L crisis, but there are countless others). It’s an interesting and unfortunate cultural aspect of America that we really, really hate the poor, and seek to hold them accountable for their actions to a degree that we simply don’t do for the…

Post by lozenge » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 7:51 AM UTC

selestify wrote: post #138

darpa_escapee wrote: post #129

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Often these types of suicides aren't given publicity, though this one was too much of a spectacle to ignore. There was a man who shot himself on the steps of a government(?) building, which is a town over from where I'm originally from, because he was laid off. A friend showed me the note he left on Facebook before it got deleted. It was very clear that he had been struggling financially for years and the layoff was…

Wasn't entirely deleted from the record -- his story lives on in a small but nonzero way with this comment of yours, for example. But yes, sad that it probably didn't get the attention he wanted. Was there no news article explaining his suicide and the causes?

Post by nasredin » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:36 AM UTC

stephengillie wrote: post #31

dboreham wrote: post #9

Surprising it has taken decades for someone to try this. At least we don't have to wait on delayed planes while the pilot tracks down the key...

> Surprising it has taken decades for someone to try this. It last happened 7 years ago. From the article: > Colton Harris-Moore, nicknamed the Barefoot Bandit, was sentenced in 2011 for stealing small planes, which he had learned to fly himself as a teenager after reading flight manuals.