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I hope you don't think it's going to be a US congresscritter. "Why do you hate American jobs!"
by mieseratte 8y ago
I hope you don't think it's going to be a US congresscritter.
"Why do you hate American jobs!"
- gorb314 8y agoBoeing as a whole might not be "evil", the same way VW as a whole is not "evil". So going after the whole of Boeing may not be the right thing. At the same time, some high-up people in VW are paying for the emissions-cheating scandal, which arguably could endanger human beings and the environment. When are people in Boeing going to pay for actually contributing to the deaths caused by this scandal?
- dontbenebby 8y agoYou can turn that logic around real quick since Boeing also makes planes and other equipment for the US military: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Defense,_Space_%26_Security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Defense,_Space_%26_Secu... You don't hate the troops after all, do you?
- village-idiot 8y ago"Why does the honorable senator from wherever want our troops to fly in unsafe planes? Shouldn't the honorable senator, who claims to support the troops, want our troops to have the most reliable and effective planes available?"
- JudgeWapner 8y agoyep, "think of the troops" is just as emotive (and patronizing) as "think of the children". Unbelievable that people repeatedly fall for it.
- dontbenebby 8y agoI think it's valid to think about both. I just think sometimes people try to reduce risk to zero with no regard for the fact a zero risk society is one without civil liberties.