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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:01:10 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Zach White <zwhite () darkstar frop org> Date: November 14, 2006 1:48:35 PM EST To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: Frode Hegland <frode () hegland com> Subject: Re: [IP] A don't fly day??? Dave, For IP, if you wish. On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 01:13:34PM -0500, Frode Hegland wrote:
Dave, why don't you organize a 'No Fly Day'. Show the airlines at least, what happens when the citizenry unites against nonsense. Pick a day, any day. Any takers?
While this idea seems nice in theory, in practice, it will be completely ineffective.So we pick a day not to fly. What are people who were planning to go home that day going to do? They're going to go home the day before, or the day
after. Same deal with people who were planning to travel that day. The net result here, assuming you can get a significant number of people who would have otherwise flown that day to not fly, is a busy day at the airports, followed by an abnormally quiet day, followed by another busy day. It's the same sort of logic that was debunked in this snopes article: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp -Zach ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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