Thad I object to your use of " average Joes" Joe Goss ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thad Robosson" <starstarcracker@xxxxxxxxx> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 07:48 Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Instant criminals > > Headline on the Drudge Report..... > > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050105/D87DMD880.html > > > If the lawyer were smart, she would provide evidence of a handheld > laser's weakness, and the difficulty in pointing it that accurately. > Not to > mention that at an altittude of 3000 ft, how much farther one would have > to > be to actually get it into the windshield. (4200 ft for a 45* angle) I > really > hope that these laywers do their homework and get this guy off based on > the > technical issues. Then the precedent that these lasers are (somewhat) > harmless > would be set, and hopefully no more hard lessons learned by "average > Joes". > > But on the other hand....the pilots claim the laser came into the cockpit > 3 times....you really have to try to achieve that. In short, 3 times = > no accident. > > > DISCLAIMER....I have not spoketh of any political > affliction/affiliation/leanings. > Any conclusions that an individual may draw from the above statements > are purely > their own and indeed such conclusions are purely speculative. In such > circumstances, > please delete the message and forget it was ever written. > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.