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To: Dayuhan who wrote (8853)	7/18/1999 8:52:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

off topic response to an off topic post... :0) I agree with your comment on the air crash. I was listening yesterday morning on CBS and MSNBC and to hear them discuss it, you'd think the nation was discussing the president of the US. After an hour of listening, I was still under the distinct impression that Kennedy was alone, or possibly flying with an instructor pilot. NOT ONCE during that hour did I hear a mention of his wife or her sister being in the aircraft. Absolutely disgusting!! And now I hear we're sending up a Navy ship from Norfolk to assist in the search. Boy, I sure like to think the govt would take such care for me or my family were such a tragedy to occur to us (heaven forbid). But I don't blame the Kennedys. I blame the media who is perpetrating this ratings scam and turning personal tragedy into a media circus. (actually, maybe I blame the Kennedys for permitting it). Royal family... hummpff... Grandson of a boot-legging mobster who used his money and mafia connection to win his son's election to president. Some royalty. OK... I said my piece. Sorry to inflict this on you all. Regards, Ron

To: Dayuhan who wrote (8853)	7/18/1999 9:47:00 PM
From: Bosco	Respond to of 9980

<o.t.>G'day all - promise this is the last for me on the subject <G>. Part of me agrees with you, Steve. I guess I share Ron's disgust too - especially when MSNBC has absolutely nothing to say [kudos for CBS 60 Minutes though] No, I do not consider them the American royalty. And indeed, had JFK lived long enough, he could have been the heavy of the whole Vietnam policy [instead of having LBJ and Nixon holding the bag!] It is true that this case has overshadowed the local news - so happened to have a missing woman case in progress, although I do believe the people involved in that case are no less diligent. Media saturation aside, and granted that there may be more searchers in this particular case than usual - probably a lot more, I do believe that people are basically compassionate and capable of seeing the good side, if they for a moment put aside their ideological identities, left or right. In that sense, to give the Kennedys their due respect, i.e., they are flawed individuals with similar hopes and losses like you and I, is no more and no less to believe there is a chance of incremental change among the Chinese leadership. So, no, life is not fair. I agree. But this is not about the Kennedys, but about the Americans. Whether the Kennedys are popular or not, they are still Americans. The same goes with the Vietnam War. Now, to give the vets due credit is all the rage, but 2 decades ago, they were left to fence for themselves. Had the general public been able to see that they were human too then, maybe, just maybe, some would not have been as traumatized now. So, you see, this is not about fairness, but about repose best, Bosco

To: Dayuhan who wrote (8853)	7/22/1999 3:45:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

I suspect they would. We just lost three fishermen at sea for three days. They didn't have a radio location device. They broke fuel line they couldn't repair and were drifting toward you. The were found by a CG plane, and picked up by a CG ship. The CG repaired their boat and brought it in. No big deal. It happens all the time. CG rescues Chinese fishing boats and sportsmen sailing balloons around the world for kicks. The real question is if the Coast Guard efforts were extravagant or ordered for political reasons. Did the activities uselessly divert the CG from other important life-saving tasks? I do not deny that injured families may get better results if they raise hell and ring every political bell. I am not ready to criticize the CG until there is some fact to show they did something wrong. I haven't seen anything yet.